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Subject: [Towertalk] Soldering at the top of the tower
From: k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (k4oj)
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 22:16:36 -0400
...I also use what I believe to be a plumbers iron - it is 
HUGE....plenty of wattage!  The moment it takes to smear a little flux 
is easily rewarded watch the solder flow without question...

K4OJ



Jon Ogden wrote:

>on 10/19/02 11:01 AM, k4oj at k4oj@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
>
>  
>
>>...of course, flux!  I cannot imagine attempting trying to solder any
>>PL259 without it, even on the ground - that is like trying to fit a 1
>>1/2" pipe on a Ham series rotor!
>>    
>>
>
>I solder my PL-259's all the time w/o flux.  I have a very large soldering
>iron and it heats things up and flows the solder just dandy.
>
>73,
>
>Jon
>NA9D
>
>-------------------------------------
>Jon Ogden
>NA9D (ex: KE9NA)
>
>Life Member: ARRL, NRA
>Member:  AMSAT, DXCC
>
>http://www.qsl.net/ke9na
>
>"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
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