[Antennas] soldering iron power

Sat, 29 Mar 2003 08:57:27 -0600

Zoltan-
I use another Weller gun for this purpose. They make a model D-550 that is 
two-level, and has both 200 and 260 Watts available. The extra heat does help.
Bill-W4BSG

At 02:22 PM 3/29/2003 +0200, you wrote:

>Thanks for all answers.
>I tested a Weller SI 251 200W iron with 20mm wide tip, and a Weller
>Magnastat W201 with 10mm wide tip.
>
>I found that the SI251 with its huge tip needs MUCH more time to heat up
>(this is not a disadvantage) but the heat transfer to the PL-259 barrel is
>much slower then with the 10mm tip of the W201. Seems the wide tip is made
>especially for flat surface soldering.
>
>Unfortunately for the SI 251 there are not available smaller tips.  The
>smallest for the W201 is 7mm.
>After these I think I will stop at the 100W only W101 Magnastat with a 5mm
>tip, which will fit in the opening of the barrel and probably the thermal
>transfer will be the best. As I saw in the answers 100W with good preparing
>of the PL-259 will be enough, considering also the constant-kept temperature
>of the tip of 370C.
>
>
>73 de Zoli / YO5CRQ
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Bill Aycock - W4BSG
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