I also use a 40W Weller with good results. The 25W do not work well and tend to melt the center conductor.
73 K1NR On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 20:59:14 -0800 Carl Clawson <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess I'm contrary, but I find that a 40 watt Weller > iron with a 1/4 inch > tip does just fine. If your tip is too big you just make > a mess trying to > get it down into the holes. I filed down the tip on a 100 > watt iron so that > it fits, but it doesn't work any better than the 40 watt > iron and it's > harder to handle. And I do them by the book. Strip, > twist, and solder. I > never found that any of the published helpful hints and > tricks did anything > but make the job harder. > > 73, Carl WS7L > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: > http://www.qsl.net/donate.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- Web mail provided by NuNet, Inc. The Premier National provider. http://www.nni.com/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
