[Elecraft] Re： soldering station

[Hardy Landskov]

I use a couple of  Therm-o-Trac irons made by Hexacon. They are very good 
for surface mount work.
Metcals are good & expensive as you pointed out but they produce short range 
RFI.
Hardy N7RT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "w2bvh" <w2bvh at comcast.net>
To: "Johnny Siu" <vr2xmc at yahoo.com.hk>
Cc: <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Re： soldering station


>  I use a Metcal at work & think its the best I've ever seen.
> Its just too expensive for mere mortals (they cost more used than many
> stations do brand new. :-)
>
> --Lenny W2BVH
>
> On 11/13/2010 9:24 PM, Johnny Siu wrote:
>> Hello Gentleman,
>>
>> I am using a 'Chinese version' of Hakko 936 which is 1/4 of the price. 
>> The
>> trick is to replace the original soldering tip with the same from 
>> 'Goot'Â - made
>> in Japan.
>> Â cheers,
>>
>>
>> Johnny VR2XMC
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- 郵件原件 ----
>> 寄件人﹕ Don Wilhelm<w3fpr at embarqmail.com>
>> 收件人﹕ riese-k3djc at juno.com
>> 副本(CC) Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>> 傳送日期﹕ 2010/11/14 (日) 10:18:21 AM
>> 主題： Re: [Elecraft] soldering station
>>
>> Â  Bob,
>>
>> The Hakko 936 gets very high marks with most of those who have one, but
>> there are others that are also good.
>>
>> 73,
>> Don W3FPR
>>
>> On 11/13/2010 8:48 PM, riese-k3djc at juno.com wrote:
>>> Gang
>>>
>>> last week there was a thread on soldering stations,, before I ordered 
>>> one
>>> I lost a week of e mail... I dont want to start the thread again but
>>> could
>>> someone off list give me a head up on the recommended station
>>> I believe it had an isolated tip etc
>>>
>>> Bob K3DJC
>>
>>
>>
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