Recommendations for assembling a Kit

[WhiteTea]

I am putting together a 3 Stage FM Transmitter and am looking for some
advice.

I use a 30W pencil soldering tool but I need something with a smaller
tip.
(Solder on adjacent points ends up melting.)

I am having to use a 8X or 20x jewelers loop to make sure my solder
isn't shorting out.

Thanks.

 

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I am putting together a 3 Stage FM Transmitter and am looking for some
advice.

I use a 30W pencil soldering tool but I need something with a smaller
tip.
(Solder on adjacent points ends up melting.)

I am having to use a 8X or 20x jewelers loop to make sure my solder
isn't shorting out.

Thanks.

Try this one from MPJA:
http://www.mpja.com/prodinfo.asp?number=15860+TL

It's $15 plus shipping and has a 1/32" tip.

John

 

[WhiteTea]

Try this one from MPJA:http://www.mpja.com/prodinfo.asp?number=15860+TL

It's $15 plus shipping and has a 1/32" tip.

John

Thanks a lot John.

Andy

 

[Pete Wilcox]

I am putting together a 3 Stage FM Transmitter and am looking for some
advice.

I use a 30W pencil soldering tool but I need something with a smaller
tip.
(Solder on adjacent points ends up melting.)

I've dealt with the odd fiddly job by wrapping a piece of ordinary 18swg
tinned copper wire round the tip of my iron, leaving a little tab (1/4" or
so) sticking out beyond the tip. The wire quickly reaches the same
temperature as the iron, enabling soldering in confined spaces, etc.

Cheers,
Pete.

 

[WhiteTea]

I've dealt with the odd fiddly job by wrapping a piece of ordinary 18swg
tinned copper wire round the tip of my iron, leaving a little tab (1/4" or
so) sticking out beyond the tip.  The wire quickly reaches the same
temperature as the iron, enabling soldering in confined spaces, etc.

Cheers,
Pete.

Thanks. I will do that.

I am unemployed and my home repair business is down lately.

Andy

 

[WhiteTea]

I've dealt with the odd fiddly job by wrapping a piece of ordinary 18swg
tinned copper wire round the tip of my iron, leaving a little tab (1/4" or
so) sticking out beyond the tip.  The wire quickly reaches the same
temperature as the iron, enabling soldering in confined spaces, etc.

Cheers,
Pete.

Your idea worked great.

For some reason(s) my transmitter just improves the reception of radio
channels
when I tune to an empty frequency.

It's pert near impossible to find an empty frequency beween 95.0 and
105.o Khz.

I even replaced the one wire antenna with a dipole.

Andy