[SOC] Soldering Irons / Guns

[Bert H. Cook]

Tom McCulloch wrote:
> Art,
>  Well ya got me...I really needed the larger soldering iron to OPEN 
> those Coors beer cans in order to make them usable for the vertical.
>
> Tom
> wb2qdg
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Art - W6KY" <art-w6ky at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <soc at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 9:06 PM
> Subject: [SOC] Soldering Irons / Guns
>
>
>> The discussion of soldering irons/guns should only be
>> brought up if the subject is: Construction of a
>> 4-square 40 meter vertical using Coors Beer cans,
>> soldering the main tuning knob back on your
>> collectible Swan 500, sweating copper pipes for the
>> chilled cooling water to your California kilowatt...
>> After all, this is the 'Second Class Operators Club'..
>> 73, Art   W6KY
>> Agn, Agn
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              Gentlemen; The subject of a "Sip & Solder" 40 meter 
Vertical is an intriguing one with a long history that goes back, I 
think to 1949, with articles by "Hash a  fisti Scratchy", I think in CQ 
Nagazine. Back then the beer cans were copper clad steel. I don't think 
you can make a beer can vertical today because all the beer cans are 
aluminum. I suppose you could join them with "heli-arc" welding but I 
don't think the cans are strong enough to make a 33ft stack. TNX fer all 
the laughs. Bert, K6CSl #763 in Riverbank, CA