[TowerTalk] Reuse PL-259

[Les Kalmus]

I meant for scrapyard recycling, not reuse recycling... I have learned 
the hard way, it's not worth doing for all the reasons everyone has 
already stated plus what you have added, Jim.

Les W2LK

On 2/15/2021 4:59 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> 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
>
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