[Elecraft] Importance of good coaxial jumpers

[Charlie T, K3ICH]

We should make a distinction between temperature controlled and 
non-temperature controlled irons/guns.  I have used a Weller TCP 40 watt 
pencil iron with a wide 700 degree tip to solder ¼" brass bolts !  The big 
Weller  D550 guns (250/325 watt) are not temperature controlled but can make 
heat a lot quicker.

73, Charlie k3ICH




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eugene Balinski" <eugeneb at nni.com>
To: "Carl Clawson" <clawsoncw at gmail.com>; "elecraft" 
<elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Importance of good coaxial jumpers


>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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