[Elecraft] Importance of good coaxial jumpers

EricJ eric_csuf at hotmail.com
Mon Nov 11 22:56:48 EST 2013


That's the secret. It allows you to quickly heat the connector, melt the 
solder and get out, instead of slow cooking everything. My B-A iron is 
also 200 watts. It's so old it still has a woven cloth cover on the AC 
cord. I also have a cordless soldering iron I got from my dad who used 
to be a machinist for Santa Fe after WWII. You don't plug it in 
anywhere. You hold it in a fire or over a stove burner until it's hot 
enough. It's big enough to hold the heat to solder a UHF connectorwhich 
I've done many times.

Eric
KE6US

On 11/11/2013 6:46 PM, Randy Farmer wrote:
> The only way to do UHF connectors right is with a big-a** soldering 
> iron. I mean a 200W IRON, not a gun. You need something with enough 
> heat capacity to heat up the entire connector body. Once you get it 
> hot enough, the solder will magically wick down into the shield with 
> no problem at all. If you plan to make PL-259s invest in a big iron 
> and you'll never have trouble again.
>
> 73...
> Randy, W8FN
>
> On 11/11/2013 7:31 PM, Nicklas Johnson wrote:
>> At risk of going way off topic, any tips for getting a nice, solid 
>> solder
>> connection on the shield in a reasonable amount of time?  I have
>> historically had a really hard time getting it to the point that I'm 
>> really
>> satisfied with it, and I can't help but wonder if I'm doing something
>> wrong, or if there's a 'trick' to making it easier.
>>
>>      Nick
>
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