Thanks for all the Info. Will make life easier when I tear into another
project. Thats why these groups are great place for help and info. I get allot
of information just reading the mail. I've got my different save folders for
Ant, rigs, ect.
Thanks again
73
Dell R Smith
Prosser,Wa
KI7XD DN-06
OMNI VI Opt1
--- On Tue, 6/17/08, Stuart Rohre <rohre@arlut.utexas.edu> wrote:
> From: Stuart Rohre <rohre@arlut.utexas.edu>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Solder and my Omni
> To: ray_2098@yahoo.com, "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"
> <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 11:57 AM
> The solder suckers that work best have a tight fitting
> teflon tip that
> you can put down over the pad. Heat the pad first with a
> clean iron
> tip; just before use I wipe mine on a wet sponge and add a
> tiny bit of
> solder.
>
> Immediately apply iron tip to the pad and lead together,
> watch for the
> liquid state, swap in the tip of the sucker and press the
> button. You
> eventually get used to the two handed technique to hold
> solder iron in
> one hand, solder sucker in other and use your thumb to
> recock the
> vacuum. After a solder sucking session, remove the sucker
> tip and clean
> out the solder fines. Some come with a stiff wire tool to
> clean the
> small bore of the nozzle, and that helps. After long use,
> one of mine
> needs you to square up the tip nozzle with an box cutter
> blade, or to
> replace the nozzle, if the bore gets too large a diameter.
>
> Stuart Rohre
> K5KVH
>
>
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