Weller

[Jeremiah McCarthy]

Gregory Beat wrote:

>Grumman used the TCP irons for the Lunar LM construction in 1960s; Collins
for the "S" line production and rework stations in 1960s and 1970s and NASA
in 2002 used a Weller WTCPT pencil (tied to station's 24 VAC bus) on ISS
Alpha for soldering tests in microgravity.<

A very informative post...Thanks, Greg...

I own one of those Grumman soldering stations...The company let me keep it when I retired in 1993 and it is still in use today...It is at least 35 years old and works perfectly...

Jerry, wa2dkg
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[Vin Cortina]

Speaking of Grumman and the LM.  I know this is off topic, but I just had to
tell you all back in the mid to late 80's in my early years at H.P., I was
doing field service on what we called Test and Measurement equipment, and I
was specializing in microwave network analysis.  Grumman was one of my
accounts, and I visited them in Bethpage, Calverton and some other minor
site, I believe.  Anyway, there was one lab I went to somewhat frequently
and the older engineers there took a shining to me, I guess.  They brought
me into the lab (they may have called it a hangar) where the LM was made.
Doesn't sound like much of a story now, but you must imagine what a thrill
that was.  I was 13 years old when Apollo 11 made its historic voyage, and
have been an amateur astronomer longer than I've been a ham.  So this was a
VERY big deal to me.  I only hope those fellows know what a gift they gave
me by simply giving me a personal tour of that place.

OK, now back to my KX1


Regards,

Vin  KR2F

K1-4 s/n:1977
KX1  s/n:1476


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremiah McCarthy" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 10:01 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Weller

> Gregory Beat wrote:
>
>>Grumman used the TCP irons for the Lunar LM construction in 1960s; Collins
> for the "S" line production and rework stations in 1960s and 1970s and
> NASA
> in 2002 used a Weller WTCPT pencil (tied to station's 24 VAC bus) on ISS
> Alpha for soldering tests in microgravity.<
>
> A very informative post...Thanks, Greg...
>
> I own one of those Grumman soldering stations...The company let me keep it
> when I retired in 1993 and it is still in use today...It is at least 35
> years old and works perfectly...
>
> Jerry, wa2dkg
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[Alexandra Carter]

It means you got to play with the GOOD stuff! 73 de Alex NS6Y.

On Jul 23, 2006, at 6:55 AM, Vin Cortina wrote:
>  I was doing field service on what we called Test and Measurement  
> equipment, and I was specializing in microwave network analysis.
> Regards,
>
> Vin  KR2F
>
> K1-4 s/n:1977
> KX1  s/n:1476

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