[Elecraft] Tips on safely Soldering X7 - X11 Grounding wires on K2 RF Board

[Dave]

Mike

There are several places where components are quite tight in the K2,
especially around the PA. In those tight areas it really does help to
pre-plan which side you are "going in" with the soldering iron and solder.
Consider rotating the board and do a mental check of what is at risk of
being burnt by that soldering iron.

An old tip (excuse the pun) is to not use a fine soldering iron tip when you
have some space and need a quick job. There is nothing worse than messing
around with a fine tipped iron taking several seconds trying to heat
something larger than the bit was intended for. On Weller TCP irons, those
conical (pencil) tips fall into that category. I built my K2 (and K1 and
dozens of other projects) with a 25 Watt conventional iron with a variety of
bits, even when I had a TCP1 available.

Dave, G4AON

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Lewis" <michaellewis@qwest.net>
To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 9:07 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Tips on safely Soldering X7 - X11 Grounding wires on K2
RF Board


> Hi,
>
> I am a first time K2 builer, and just joined the list. I am greatly
> enjoying my kitbuilding experience so far, but I have a little