I got one of these soldering stations from Circuit Specialists when I started on my K2 and it works great. The DMM is very good too. I don't notice any difference between it and a $200+ Fluke.
73/ Bob - W5BIG ----- Original Message ----- From: "W5RCM - Ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Re: was airports and planes -- soldeting stations > I have one of these too...works as good as the $$$ Weller I bought with > my boss's money! :) The free DMM is ok too. > -- > 72, Ron - W5RCM > w5rcm at volente dot us > Austin TX > > > Eric Ward wrote: > > I used the soldering station from Circuit Specialists, recommended in > > the "Summary of available soldering stations" article by Tom, N0SS. It > > appears on the page that you get to by clicking the "How to build and > > test your kit" link, which is on the "Builder resources" page, a link > > for which is on the Elecraft website front page--2 levels down makes it > > a little harder to find ; ) The station was $39.95 as reported--came > > with a tip about 1.5 mm dia, which worked fine--they also sell a few mm > > chisel tip, which is good for the antenna jack. I had previously built > > a Rock Mite with an unregulated Shack iron. It worked, but was much > > more stressful--pretty easy to melt the PC board. I figured no big deal > > for a $25 bag of parts. But a $40 investment to avoid reducing a nice > > $279 bag of parts to junk seemed like cheap insurance. They also throw > > in a free DMM on $50+ orders. And they have a BNC-to-dual binding post > > adapter for a few bucks. No interest in Circuit Specialists, except as > > a 1 time customer. > > 73, > > Eric > > N0HHS > > KX1 #760 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Post to: [email protected] > > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: > > http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
