[geeks] GPS antenna connector question

[Phil Stracchino]

Mike Parson wrote:
> It'll reflow solder on a pad pretty quickly (3-5s?) from first contact.
> The longer you have it heating, the longer it takes to cool back off.
> With the longest I've had it on (may 20 seconds?), it was cool to the
> touch w/i another 20s.
> 
> Like I said in the other post, fine for a quick touch-up, but I wouldn't
> assemble any real projects with it.  Maybe for soldering the ends of my
> speaker wires or something.  I bought it mostly out of curiosity.

*SIGH*

I've just remembered what else is probably going to get dumpstered from
Ceva in San Jose, unless I can arrange to salvage it:  a really nice,
and not cheap, temperature-controlled soldering iron.

Hopefully I can arrange salvage-by-proxy.


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