Just found this one at Harbor Freight for $8, might be worth checking out....
2000F temp, does not have watt rating though.
http://www.harborfreight.com/micro-torch-42099-html.html
73 Darrell AB2E
> From: ab2e@hotmail.com
> To: jim.thom@telus.net; towertalk@contesting.com
> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 21:14:46 -0500
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Cordless solder irons
>
> I had a hand-held butane soldering iron that worked well out of the house.
> A quick search on eBay shows both butane and also some battery powered
> soldering irons.
> 73 Darrell AB2E
>
>
> > From: jim.thom@telus.net
> > To: towertalk@contesting.com
> > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:43:55 -0800
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] Cordless solder irons
> >
> > 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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