gareth wrote:
What's the solution to soldering through to the underlying braid in a PL259
if the only
soldering iron small enough to engage the holes is a low-power jobbie?

Perchance the solution lies in using a junior hacksaw to make a slot between
two of the holes
so the big iron can get in there?

This is for an outdoors connection, so I want to ensure that it is sound.


I use a Weller pencil iron. I tin the braid on
the coax before inserting it into the fitting. You can
use the big iron to tin the areas around those little
holes before you do anything. It doesn't hurt to
sand the area around them first. When the braid is tinned,
and the fitting is tinned, it doesn't take much of an
iron to get the solder flowing through the little hole
and onto the braid.

Irv VE6BP