A much better one is made by Master Appliance...of course it's more
expensive as well. However, it'll generate heat equivalent a soldering
gun. The sell 3 different models... I recommend the medium one. It sells
for about $85, has a nice long pencil time so you can do large PCB work
with it as well...if you are careful with the temperature. I has a piezo
starter built in, so you just open the gas lever and hit the button, wait
about 30 seconds and you'll have plenty of heat. The large model comes
with beefy tip that will solder a PL259 ground on RG8 in the dead of winter
(well, in a MD winter...maybe not MN or ND!) The medium one works fine for
this unless it's very windy and or cold.
They should be available at any electronics supply house that sells a lot
of soldering equipement.
73, Ty K3MM
n4zr@contesting.com on 09/30/97 08:08:13 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
cc: (bcc: Tyler G Stewart/BENN/CEC)
Subject: [TowerTalk] butane soldering iron
This is just an unsolicited testimonial for the Radio Shack butane
soldering iron (64-2182). This little jewel will solder PL-259s on the
tower and travel in your pants pocket. It's made in Ireland and imported
by the Shack, who say that it puts out the equivalent of 10-60 watts,
depending on how high you set it. The flame is entirely contained within a
mantle-like metallic gauze insert in the tip, and the lighter is in the
cap. It's not cheap (about $35) but after finally springing for one I
can't imagine being without it.
73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com
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