Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

After posting a photo on Facebook of some bread rolls I made yesterday (see photo) a friend has urged me, "to get out my soldering ir...

I am quite pleased with myself, for once. Although I still get tired, I seem to be less profoundly tired than I was. Today I managed to r...

Based on recommendations, I ordered a new Antex soldering iron which should arrive later this week. In the meantime I'll try to assemble...

Well, what a brilliant start! NOT. My soldering iron has failed and I cannot find the replacement as my wife packed everything when I was ...

My old Weller soldering iron station (an old Pye Telecom chuck-out from about 1980) is on its very last legs - it is physically cracked and ...