[hpsdr] Atlas, How do I hand solder this thing?

[Thompson_Peter at emc.com]

The hot air gun approach looks interesting however, I see in the photos on
the web site that a cup warmer is used to raise the temp of the board before
applying heat from the gun.  In the example shown, the board is small enough
to fit on the surface of the warmer plate but I don't think such a plate is
big enough to accommodate the Atlas board.  Questions: how essential is it
to 'pre-warm' the board before applying heat with the gun?  Is the gun
capable of getting the job done on its own? 

Pete, N3EVL

> -----Original Message-----
> From: hpsdr-bounces at hpsdr.org 
> [mailto:hpsdr-bounces at hpsdr.org] On Behalf Of Bill Tracey
> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 2:18 PM
> To: Mark Ericksen; hpsdr at hpsdr.org
> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Atlas, How do I hand solder this thing?
> 
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> Tools for Hot air gun soldering
> 
> A hot air gun  - I use a Stampabilities heat gun ( 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/STAMPABILITIES-HEAT-EMBOSSING-GUN-APPLIQUE
> -POWDERS_W0QQitemZ8282797047QQcategoryZ16504QQcmdZViewItem
> )  This gun us on special from Hobby lobby for $10 or so 
> pretty frequently.
> 

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