Soldering stations

[Jeremiah McCarthy]

When I was going through certification for soldering at Grumman back in the '60's, the mantra was, if the solder won't flow, do not raise the heat, use a bigger iron...It makes sense, solder melts a 361 degrees regardless of the size of the job..

I remember trying to solder strain gauges on landing gear struts outdoors in zero degree wind chills...Didn't work until we got the bird indoors...<G>

Jerry, wa2dkg
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[Ian Stirling, G4ICV, AB2GR]

On Sunday 16 April 2006 10:26, Jeremiah McCarthy wrote:
> if solder won't flow, do not raise the heat, use a bigger iron

  I used my 15 W Antex soldering iron that I bought
in 1971 to build my K2.  I like it so much that I
use a voltage doubling and mains isolating transformer
to use it here.   I have a crude 30 W from Radioshack
for more heat and a 60 W equivalent butane powered
iron that works on aerial wires and connectors outside.

Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #4962
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