[Elecraft] Importance of good coaxial jumpers

[Eugene Balinski]

I also use a 40W Weller with good results.   

The 25W do not work well and tend to melt the center
conductor.

73
K1NR


On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 20:59:14 -0800
 Carl Clawson <clawsoncw at gmail.com> wrote:
> I guess I'm contrary, but I find that a 40 watt Weller
> iron with a 1/4 inch
> tip does just fine. If your tip is too big you just make
> a mess trying to
> get it down into the holes. I filed down the tip on a 100
> watt iron so that
> it fits, but it doesn't work any better than the 40 watt
> iron and it's
> harder to handle. And I do them by the book. Strip,
> twist, and solder. I
> never found that any of the published helpful hints and
> tricks did anything
> but make the job harder.
> 
> 73, Carl WS7L
>
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