[hpsdr] Munin - minimum drive to achieve 100W output

[dmb at lightstream.net]

Lyle,

You're the second person to recommend ChipQuik. Did a quick search and I
see that Amazon sells it from a company called "SRA Soldering Products".
How can I resist that?  ;-)

Thanks

73, Dale
WA8SRA


> Dale,
>
> Use ChipQuik and set your soldering iron temp to 250F or so.  Use plenty
> of liquid flux and flow the chipquik alloy onto the pads at T2.  No
> board damage and part will come right off.
>
> Clean carefully using solder wick, keep the soldering iron temp still
> set very low and plenty of liquid flux and the chipquick residue will
> wick right into the solder braid (you can also use coax shield braid).
>
> Wipe with alcohol, then solder the part down using regular solder and
> soldering temps.
>
> 73,
>
> Lyle KK7P
>
>> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
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>> What is the minimum drive power required by Munin to achieve 100W
>> output?
>> My Penelope board has T2 mounted backwards, and I think getting I'm
>> dangerously close to damaging the board trying to desolder it in order
>> to
>> turn it 180 degrees. If 250 mW is enough to drive Munin close to full
>> output, I'll just leave the transformer as-is.
>>
>> Is there a spec somewhere? I see a lot of documents related to assembly
>> at
>> < http://k9ivb.net/munin2/ > but haven't see any spec's by which I could
>> determine minimum drive requirements.
>>
>> Thanks & 73
>> Dale, WA8SRA
>>
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