Don, Thanks. Yes, I have a good quality temperature controlled iron (static type). I am comfortable with thru-hole soldering of regular stuff but I was not sure about the warning in the assembly instructions as to how sensitive the plastic is to heat. I understand the part about heating until flow and then getting the iron away from the board.
73, phil, K7PEH > On May 5, 2017, at 12:09 PM, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > > Phil, > > That is a statement that should be applied to any thru-hole soldering. > I believe it is made so those who have little or no soldering experience will > pay attention. > One should use a temperature controlled soldering iron, and apply heat long > enough (but only long enough) to see the solder flow out onto both the board > and component. > If you linger on the connection, that is when damage occurs. > It is no more difficult than any other thru-hole component soldering. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 5/5/2017 2:26 PM, Phil Hystad wrote: >> Two questions: >> (1) what is your assessment of the level of difficulty of adding the 2-meter >> option to a K3 (easiest option to hardest would be a reasonable range). >> (2) my one concern is soldering the connector to the K3 board. Instructions >> limit soldering to prevent from melting the connector. So, is this a >> sensitive soldering act requiring expert attention? ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
