http://www.hosfelt.com/ had a WLC-100 (?) for $38ish the other day, if
that's the same as the JDR iron.  Don't know on the RS iron.  Skill has
a lot to do with results, as does experience with that particular iron,
and tip selection (and, as I've been learning lately, water soluble flux
doesn't flow as well as I'd like, so you need to work with the flux
you're using.  It is easy to remove indoors, out of the rain <G>)

Best I can say on irons in 15 words or less is, "If it helps, it's good
- if you need more iron capabilities, spend more money."  Are you doing
or do you plan to do though-hole, or SMT, and/or super fine pitch SMT?
Will the station work with those as you gain more experience with it?
(I'm sure many of us could do anything with a $3 Radio Shack iron with a
1Meg resistor hand-connected to ground, frankly <G>)

  Mark

John Pearson wrote:
> I want to buy a new soldering iron station. Is the digital station sold by
> Radio Shack any good?
>
> I also saw a Weller analog station in JDR cataloge for $50.00.
>
> These okay for a hobbiest?
>
> Thanks
> John