[TowerTalk] Soldering up a tower

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

I've used a number of the portable butane soldering irons.  Even the 
good ones are "relatively" inexpensive.  They are handy, or convenient 
and work great without having to haul a long extension cord up the 
tower, but I never found one that worked well in more than a light 
breeze.  There must me some, but I haven't found one... yet.

73

Roger  (K8RI)

On 7/29/2015 9:58 AM, Gene Smar wrote:
> Bill:
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>       I use a butane soldering iron for such tasks away from commercial power sources.  Try Amazon.com or a local source.
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> 73 de
> Gene Smar  AD3F
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> On 07/29/15, Bill Feissner wrote:
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> Having been reading about soldering irons I have a question. Just
> recently had to do some soldering about 25 feet up my tower, I had to
> run 150 feet of #12 extension cord out and part way up the tower. I was
> using a 25 watt iron that gets a tip temp of 750 degrees F. An
> occasional breeze would hinder the solder from melting using a conical
> tip. I did manage to get the job done but was wondering if the
> screwdriver tip and a 1000 degree F tip would have made the job any
> easier, retaining more heat when the breeze blew. Any thoughts on this
> would be helpful for the next time.
> Thanks
> Bill, AI3Q
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Roger (K8RI)


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