[Elecraft] I keep burning up tips. What's wrong?

Sun Sep 1 19:19:01 2002

Were you a rocket scientist perhaps?
Sorry couldn't resist!

Cheers,
Robert
VE3RPF

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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] I keep burning up tips. What's wrong?

> When I went to NASA soldering school years ago, they taught me to heat
> the foil and the component lead (not the solder!) and a let minimum
> amount of solder flow into the joint.  This still works fine for me and
> results in shiny connections.
> 
> 73, de Earl, K6SE
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