I built all my elecraft stuff with the soldering iron set at about 630-660F. Bigger parts needed more heat, but for almost everything small, and the .020 solder, that heat was enough to give a nice solder connection.
I had zero solder problems on all my stuff. Brett N2DTS > > Hi Guys, > > > > I'm getting ready to start in on my KX1 build but one > > thing I'm a bit stuck on is the setting for my new > > Weller WES51 solder station. > > > > Can anyone using one of these things suggest how I get > > the temp right? > > > > I read the manual that came with it, but it really > > didn't make much sense to me, and I thought it would > > come with something that says set the dial here for > > this temp. > > > > I did get a roll of Kester 44 solder, .020, that was > > suggested in the solder guide, I'm just not sure what > > setting to use on the dial. > > > > Thanks for the help, > > -Chris > _______________________________________________ > 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
