After many hours at the soldering iron, I humbly pass on that the biggest
problem people have with soldering is not keeping the tip clean. My tip
visits the wet sponge before each solder application . . . before long it
becomes second nature.
Ron ND5S
----- Original Message -----
From: "WA9ALS - John" <wa9als@starband.net>
To: "Larry L Lindblom" <llindblom@juno.com>
Cc: <Writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] New User
> > John you are correct, however there are a few of us out here that have
> > difficult even assembling such a simple circuit. I for one had a stoke
> > 5+ years ago which left me with limited fine motor skills in my left
> > hand. And, my over all coordination is "shaky" due to a numerological
> > problem as a child 50+ years ago. Bottom line for me is no problem
> > soldering a PL-59, but the DB-9s are danged near impossible for me. It
> > is the reason I still use a DSP 599ZX as a dumb terminal with a cable
> > built by Timewave for the TNC/Radio instead of making up an FSK cable
and
> > using the computer.
> >
> > This isn't meant to flame you. Just a reason why some people might be
> > buying the RigBlaster or whatever instead of building their own.
>
> No flame taken, and by no means did I mean to overlook those with
> disabilities. I just figured I'm such an appliance operator that if I
could
> do it, anyone could. Thanks for reminding me that's not completely true!
>
> I do think there are many that could, but just don't THINK they could. I
> had my share of difficulty soldering the DB-9 connectors....UNTIL I found
> the Radio Shack ones with the pins supplied separately! With those, you
> solder the pin on the wire, and THEN stick the pin into the connector
base.
> That idea helps a few of us. ;-) 73 Larry - John (WA9ALS)
>
>
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