GB> Re: [Boatanchors] PL-259 modification...pic online now...

[john]

I have been doing this for some time and it really works well. If you tin 
the newly exposed brass before beginning the process, it works even better. 
With a large iron (like American Beauty) with a lot of thermal mass, it 
makes soldering these things quite easy.

I also would add dampening a sponge, so that when you're finished with the 
solder joint, you can cool the housing off by pressing it into the damp 
(not wet) sponge, minimizing the time the heat has to soak into the inner 
insulator, perhaps melting it.

With a high thermal mass iron, it takes very little time for the housing to 
get to reflow temp (and thus less chance of melting the inner insulator sheath.

Thanks Sandy!
John K5MO




At 08:55 PM 10/11/2007, Sandy wrote:
>Mike,
>    Many thanks for posting it someplace!  It's not really my idea, 
> someone else told me about the trick years ago.  Amphenol used to plate 
> the connectors with something that took solder ( silver, at one time) but 
> they plate them with something that is hard to "wet" with solder now 
> (with rosin core flux).
>    Hope this helps you guys like it's helped me over the years.
>
>73,
>
>Sandy W5TVW
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>>Here's the link to Sandy's picture.
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>>Mike
>>WE0H
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