[Elecraft] Soldering iron tip temperature for KPA100

Benjy Cline AC4XO [email protected]
Sun Aug 4 11:18:00 2002


Phil,

Thanks for the info.  My initial reaction was that a 700 degree tip would
be fine as I've used one to solder PL-259's.  But, then you start thinking
about the price of a KPA100, and you want to be sure.

Thanks, again.  I appreciate it.

72 de Benjy

At 06:24 PM 8/3/02 -0700, Phil Wheeler wrote:
>Benjy Cline AC4XO wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>I notice that an 800 degree soldering iron tip is recommended in
>>the KPA 100 instructions.
>
>
>700 deg is just fine and likely better/safer.  That's what I used and 
>Eric, no less, said it would be fine -- and it was.
>
>73, Phil
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