[Elecraft] Re: was airports and planes -- soldeting stations

[Eric Ward]

I used the soldering station from Circuit Specialists, recommended in 
the "Summary of available soldering stations" article by Tom, N0SS.  It 
appears on the page that you get to by clicking the "How to build and 
test your kit" link, which is on the "Builder resources" page, a link 
for which is on the Elecraft website front page--2 levels down makes it 
a little harder to find ; )  The station was $39.95 as reported--came 
with a tip about 1.5 mm dia, which worked fine--they also sell a few mm 
chisel tip, which is good for the antenna jack.  I had previously built 
a Rock Mite with an unregulated Shack iron.  It worked, but was much 
more stressful--pretty easy to melt the PC board.  I figured no big 
deal for a $25 bag of parts.  But a $40 investment to avoid reducing a 
nice $279 bag of parts to junk seemed like cheap insurance.  They also 
throw in a free DMM on $50+ orders.  And they have a BNC-to-dual 
binding post adapter for a few bucks.  No interest in Circuit 
Specialists, except as a 1 time customer.
73,
Eric
N0HHS
KX1 #760