Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 19:10:23 -0800
From: "Don " <w7wll@arrl.net>
To: "Towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Some advice about crimp ;type coax connectors
Which brings a question to mind. Why is there not available for sale a
decent battery powered soldering iron. Sure would be nice when in the air
not to be tied to an AC power cord. I did a search (probably not very deep)
and found some battery powered irons but nothing that would deal with a few
UHF connectors out and away from the 'house'. A friend from Australia who
was in the 2-way radio business had a couple he brought when he immigrated
from Oz but I've been unable to find that they are made anymore.
Anyone have information on such a tool for use whilst up in the air??
Don W7WLL
## from 1979-1989...in the telco I worked in 400 miles north of here, we had
a cordless, rechargeable soldering iron. Think it was a weller...was orange in
colour.
Worked superb.... but never tried it outside.. only inside. They were real
small, light weight,
fit in your pocket. A lot smaller than a normal pencil iron. I believe they
would work fine
outside. A comment here. Silver plated PL-259s are a LOT easier to solder vs
the nickel plated types. I gave up on amphenol nickel plated /teflon PL-259s.
## I picked up 2 dozen van gordon silver /teflon PL-259 years ago. They
solder
real easy.
## Id check out cordless types 1st. You can probably get em with spare,
quick swap out
lithium batteries no doubt. The propane /butane types would also work, but
are more cumbersome
heavy etc... esp up a tower. In good wx... Id run an extension cord up the
tower..and use my
american beauty 100 w iron, with the .375 inch chisel tip. We used dozens of
those irons in the telco,
back when a lot of wiring was still being soldered. I have a few of them.
You can also get the bigger
ones, like 150w and up to 600 watt. The 100 w version... used to solder a
silver plated coax connector,
is super fast. The bigger ones like the 500-600w are used for plumbing..where
a blow torch cant be used.
The bigger ones work great for stuff like tubing type tank coils, large wide cu
strap, etc.
Jim VE7RF
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