[TowerTalk] Cordless solder irons

Thu Nov 20 12:46:08 EST 2014

Missed that one Ian. Serious looking tool and will probe a little more with 
them. From a first glance it seems to be the better of the lot. Saw the 
"•Heavy gauge wires and ground rods". Maybe I'll send 'em a PL-259 and some 
coax and let them try it on (kidding). See that they spec the temp at the 
solder tip, helpful to know this.

We don't have winters here like all the poor folk east of the Rockies (and 
Pacific Coast Range), just wetter rain and temps dipping way down in the 
40's sometimes (kidding again - we had a couple of days when it got to 
freezing, but rare). But the rain brings salt, keeping windows clear of this 
spray which leaves crust-spots is a tough job. Hard on antennas and the 
associated stuff outside too!

Thanks for the tip Ian, hope it is useful to others as well.

Don W7WLL

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ian White
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 1:39 AM
To: 'Towertalk'
Cc: 'Jeff AC0C'
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Cordless solder irons

THIS is a much more serious butane-fueled solder gun, with a chunky
copper tip that stores the heat well. There is a built-in igniter but
the heating element is catalytic so there is no naked flame after the
initial ignition/warmup sequence. The heating element is fully enclosed
within the barrel so it's pretty much windproof, and the tip can also be
removed for direct use as a hot-gas gun.

<http://www.pro-iroda.com/pro180.htm>

It still won't solder a PL259 body outdoors in winter, but the answer to
that one is simple - don't even try. Use either a crimp or a
compression-sleeve type.

73 from Ian GM3SEK

>-----Original Message-----
>From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>Jeff AC0C
>Sent: 20 November 2014 04:47
>To: AB2E Darrell; Jim Thomson; towertalk at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Cordless solder irons
>
>Harbor freight has a very handy butane unit.  It's got a soldering tip
and
>(importantly) a built-in igniter.
>
>http://www.harborfreight.com/butane-pencil-torch-41169.html
>
>73/jeff/ac0c
>www.ac0c.com
>alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: AB2E Darrell
>Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 11:14 AM
>To: Jim Thomson ; towertalk at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Cordless solder irons
>
>I had a hand-held butane soldering iron that worked well out of the
house.
>A quick search on eBay shows both butane and also some battery powered
>soldering irons.
>73 Darrell AB2E
>
>
>> From: jim.thom at telus.net
>> To: towertalk at contesting.com
>> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:43:55 -0800
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Cordless solder irons
>>
>> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 19:10:23 -0800
>> From: "Don " <w7wll at arrl.net>
>> To: "Towertalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Some advice about crimp ;type coax
connectors
>>
>> Which brings a question to mind. Why is there not available for sale
a
>> decent battery powered soldering iron. Sure would be nice when in the
air
>> not to be tied to an AC power cord. I did a search (probably not very
>> deep)
>> and found some battery powered irons but nothing that would deal with
a
>> few
>> UHF connectors out and away from the 'house'. A friend from Australia
>who
>> was in the 2-way radio business had a couple he brought when he
>immigrated
>> from Oz but I've been unable to find that they are made anymore.
>>
>> Anyone have information on such a tool for use whilst up in the air??
>>
>> Don W7WLL
>>
>> ##  from 1979-1989...in the telco I worked in 400 miles north of
here, we
>> had
>> a cordless, rechargeable soldering iron.  Think it was a weller...was
>> orange in colour.
>> Worked superb.... but never tried it outside.. only inside.  They
were
>> real small, light weight,
>> fit in your pocket. A lot smaller than a normal pencil iron.    I
believe
>> they would work fine
>> outside.  A comment here. Silver plated PL-259s  are a LOT easier to
>> solder vs
>> the nickel plated types.   I gave up on amphenol nickel plated
/teflon
>> PL-259s.
>>
>> ##  I picked up 2  dozen van gordon silver /teflon  PL-259 years ago.
>> They solder
>> real easy.
>>
>> ##  Id check out cordless types 1st.   You can probably get em with
spare,
>> quick swap out
>> lithium batteries no doubt.   The propane /butane types would also
work,
>> but are more cumbersome
>> heavy etc... esp up a tower.   In good wx... Id run an extension cord
up
>> the tower..and use my
>> american beauty 100 w iron, with the .375 inch chisel tip.   We used
>> dozens of those irons in the telco,
>> back when a lot of wiring was still being soldered.   I have a few of
>> them.   You can also get the bigger
>> ones, like 150w and up to 600 watt.   The 100 w version... used to
solder
>> a silver plated coax connector,
>> is super fast.   The bigger ones like the 500-600w are used for
>> plumbing..where a blow torch cant be used.
>> The bigger ones work great for stuff like tubing type tank coils,
large
>> wide cu strap, etc.
>>
>> Jim   VE7RF
>> _______________________________________________

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