[Elecraft] Re: soldering stations

[Bob-W5BIG]

I got one of these soldering stations from Circuit Specialists when I
started on my K2 and it works great.
The DMM is very good  too.  I don't notice any difference between it and a
$200+ Fluke.

73/ Bob - W5BIG



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "W5RCM - Ron" <w5rcm at volente.us>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Re: was airports and planes -- soldeting stations


> I have one of these too...works as good as the $$$ Weller I bought with
> my boss's money!  :)  The free DMM is ok too.
> --
> 72, Ron - W5RCM
> w5rcm at volente dot us
> Austin TX
>
>
> Eric Ward wrote:
> > 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
> >
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