Maybe me being picky Johan but I try not to use flames when soldering
due to carbonising the flux resins. May not be important in these modern
times but was always taught to avoid contaminating solder joints. So
Iron (bolt) and resin cored for me anytime.

73



On Mon, 2011-10-17 at 13:08 +0200, Johan H. Bodin wrote:
> Tracey,
> 
> I use a small butane powered blow torch when soldering antenna wires outdoors,
> heating the solder joint directly with the flame. Works great!
> 
> 73
> Johan SM6LKM
> 
> ----
> 
> > I'd be grateful for any recommendations or other comments, re soldering away
> > from mains power, that you may have?
> 

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(east coast, county of suffolk)