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

[Gedas <w8bya@mchsi.com>]

This sounds like just the ticket !  Thanks

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On 2/19/2023 10:17 AM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
> 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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