[TowerTalk] Reuse PL-259

[Jim Brown]

On 2/15/2021 1:06 PM, Les Kalmus wrote:
> Sounds like a great recycle opportunity.

Please tell me how it is possible to melt solder for the surround 
soldering of the shield, remove the coax stub, and shake out the solder 
inside the shell? That requires a very large heat source and a way to 
hold the stub of the coax while heat is being applied and a means of 
pulling out the coax once the entire circumference of the connector is 
hot enough.  And to do it with the absolute assurance that there won't 
be solder bridges that are a short or a near short. And, oh, by the ways 
-- what does all that specialized equipment cost -- the very large heat 
source, the tools to hold the coax stub while it's being heated and to 
pull it out of the connector?

And how about having all the solder sucked out of the center pin at the 
same time? At a minimum a decent solder sucker would be needed. I bought 
one years ago when working on K2 circuit boards, and I could buy a LOT 
of Amphenol 83-1SP connectors for what I paid for it.

Repeating -- if you think these connectors can be reused, you don't know 
how to solder them properly.

73, Jim K9YC