[Elecraft] soldering iron recommendations

[Tom Hammond NØSS]

Chuck:

Got a soldering GUN? Use it!

The idea is to not only find a nice HOT iron, but preferably one with a 
decently wide tip... say 0.2" to 0.25" and a moderate amount of mass to be 
able to supply a decent amount of heat in one pass.

If you happen to have a LARGE WTCPT 700 deg. tip, you may also be able to 
make that work.

Being really HOT's not necessarily as important as having the mass so you 
will be able to SUPPLY what heat you do have (c. 700 deg.) to the fairly 
large PC board land, and for a slightly extended amount of time... maybe 
5-10 seconds.

Tom  N0SS

At 10:14 AM 5/14/02, you wrote:
>Hello to everyone,
>
>I used a Weller WTCPT for soldering my K2 and accessories .I see in the 
>KPA100 manual the final transistors must be soldered in with a higher 
>wattage iron than what's used for assembling the rest of the unit.
>What would be a good iron to purchase for this task?
>
>My KPA100 is on order and I want to get the "building table" ready before 
>it arrives. :-)
>
>Chuck, WA2MXR
>K2 #2547
>
>
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