It solders just like any other coax that can be soldered.
The center connector is Copper plated Aluminum and takes solder well. The
braid also takes solder well. Just remember there is Aluminum foil under
the braid and it does not take solder.
Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com
> Fellow Tower Talkians:
>
> I recently bought 100 feet of LMR 400 to feed a 2m/400 vertical on top
> of my tower at 70 feet. Going to have to cut it to feed it through the
> wall and solder on a new PL259 once I get it through the wall feed
> through. Any problems soldering it, getting LMR 400 into a PL259? Been
> using RG213 in the past. I had heard rumors that soldering LMR400 could
> be a pain?
>
> Tom, WW5L
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