Hi Ed,
     Thank you for the suggestion of rapping the solder around the wire I 
was going to work on. This worked great.

God bless,
Mark
-- Currently in Pendleton, Eastern Oregon Regional At Pendleton, Or
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: Soldering Microphone Questions


> Mark, sometimes you can use some forseps to hold things together and if 
> you
> have some real small solder you can wrap a little piece around what is to 
> be
> soldered and just heat it up.  Good luck.  Fingers will toughen up in 
> time.
> 73
> Ed  K7UC
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 1:37 PM
> Subject: Soldering Microphone Questions
>
>
>> Hi
>>     Now, I understand that CB's are a long ways from the ham gear we =
>> normally use but I found one at a yard sale for $0.25. Its hard to pass =
>> up a two way radio for that price. I next found a used hand microphone =
>> for $2 and had to buy a new plug for it. Yesterday I soldered the plug =
>> to the cord and found that the microphone didn't do any thing. The radio 
>> =
>> is designed so that when the mic is unplugged there is no receive. So, I 
>> =
>> am having to rewire the inside of the mic itself to compensate for this. 
>> =
>> Is there a trick to holding the solder and the end of the wire on a =
>> contacked with out getting your fingers burned? Right now I am trying to 
>> =
>> figure out how to stabilize all the parts so I can solder. I think five =
>> good solders and only six burned fingers is a good start but there are =
>> several more solder points to go.any ideas on how to keep the parts from 
>> =
>> moving and how to achieve pain free soldering would be appreciated. =
>> Smile.
>>
>> God bless,
>> Mark
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