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Re: [TowerTalk] How To Remove Tarnish off Bare Copper Wires

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How To Remove Tarnish off Bare Copper Wires
From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2023 07:17:33 -0800
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The "secret" to soldering wires together outside is to use "Stay-Brite" solder available at any welding supply shop. It is something like 96%
tin, 4% silver, and ZERO% lead.  It does have a melting point about
100 deg C higher than 63/37 so use a decent soldering iron/torch. I have thousands of outdoor Stay-Brite joints that are going
on 25 years old that are doing fine.

73
Rick N6RK

On 2/19/2023 4:06 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
I quit soldering copper wires together outside years ago.  Use a
copper split bolt instead.  Fast, easy, weather doesn't matter, works
FB for years and years, never had one fail.

Rob
K5UJ
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