[Elecraft] Solder....again.....

Thu Aug 28 04:49:00 2003

Hi Folks,

I almost always use a small surgical clamp to place in the braid of a RG-174
cable when I'm tinning  the ground to protect to prevent melting the
polypropylene (or whatever) insulation on the center conductor.  What you
get here if you're not careful is a nice, intermittent short that can blow
things right into vapor!  Then it gets sad and nasty.  Except for
exceptional circumstances of some kind, I have no other use for a clamp heat
sink.

Thanks,

Bill
NA7Y

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Beaudry" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 12:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Solder....again.....

> > Seriously.....Please forgive me for being away from electronics
> > since....too long.... Are we not using heat sinks when soldering
> > components now? It has been agreed that the temperature controlled
> > iron is all that is needed?
>
> Even 25 years ago, heat sinks were not used for professional assembly.
> Heat sinks are a crutch for an iron that is too hot.
>
> -- 
> Thomas M. Beaudry
> k8la / ys1ztm
> K2 # 3422
>
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