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1. [TowerTalk] Soldering flex-weave (score: 1): Author: Martin Ewing AA6E <aa6e@ewing.homedns.org>; Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:07:02 -0500; I've got some dipoles built from Flex-weave wire -- stranded with zillions of small conductors. The wire is indeed very flexible, but I need to shorten one of my antennas. The problem is that the cop; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-12/msg00408.html (7,704 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Soldering flex-weave (score: 1): Author: "Dan Kovatch" <w8car@buckeye-express.com>; Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:29:39 -0500; Martin, I just went through this with trying to repair my 160 L. The wire has been up for years and actually I was fixing a fix I did last year that had failed. I found (via Google) that a combinatio; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-12/msg00409.html (9,371 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Soldering flex-weave (score: 1): Author: "Larry stowell" <lclarks@nc.rr.com>; Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:32:20 -0500; The Weston St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco uses "toilet bowel cleaner" to clean the pennies ( they clean all the coins ) They Do the cleaning because the desk clerks were white gloves. Of course t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-12/msg00410.html (8,623 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Soldering flex-weave (score: 1): Author: Martin Ewing AA6E <aa6e@ewing.homedns.org>; Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:31:45 -0500; Larry, You certainly get some useful information on this list! Not all of us have stayed in white gloves hotels... And not many of us remember tipping in pennies! ;-) Seriously, thanks to all for the; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-12/msg00411.html (8,148 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Soldering flex-weave (score: 1): Author: "bill rubin" <brubin2010@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:44:38 -0600; Other than sand paper. You can use chemical cleaners like tarn-x or vinegar and baking soda. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-12/msg00412.html (8,435 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Soldering flex-weave (score: 1): Author: Bill Cotter <n4lg@qx.net>; Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:29:31 -0500; Martin, When I discovered how tarnished the flexweave wire had become, after a break in my 80M delta loop, soldering was not going to be an option. Instead, I used a small copper split-bolt (like the; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-12/msg00413.html (9,040 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Soldering flex-weave (score: 1): Author: "Jim McDonald" <jim@n7us.net>; Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:50:51 -0600; I know this sounds very crude, but I've spliced Flexweave by tying it with a square knot, even without trying to clean it. I've checked the DC continuity of several of the knots, and it tested fine.; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-12/msg00418.html (8,263 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] Soldering flex-weave (score: 1): Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>; Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:05:29 -0800; Flexweave has more serious problems than solderability after aging. It doesn't age well at all -- that corrosion you've experienced also weakens the copper, and eventually it will wear and break, and; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-12/msg00421.html (8,784 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] Soldering flex-weave (score: 1): Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@verizon.net>; Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:12:49 -0800; Hi Martin I thought you could just tie flex weave into a knot without hurting it. No need to solder??? 73 and HNY to all TT'ians's. Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ _________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-12/msg00422.html (8,521 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] Soldering flex-weave (score: 1): Author: Martin Ewing AA6E <aa6e@ewing.homedns.org>; Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:40:09 -0500; Jim - I would tend to agree with you now, but my antennas are already up, and have been for about 3 years now. I only had one failure - that was due to abrasion against a tree branch. Kinks (they do; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-12/msg00423.html (9,102 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] Soldering flex-weave (score: 1): Author: John Becker <johnb3030@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:06:12 -0600; I've had good luck removing oxidation from normal stranded hard-drawn copper wire using a product called "Copper Glo Liquid". http://barkeepersfriend.com/copper%20glo.htm On wire that has been expose; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-12/msg00425.html (8,386 bytes)
12. Re: [TowerTalk] Soldering flex-weave (score: 1): Author: "WA3GIN" <wa3gin@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:27:35 -0500; If my memory serves me correctly FLEX-weave came out due to a demand for temporary HF wire antennas needed for Field Day, Civil Defense exercises, etc. where HF dipoles were used for a few hours or d; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-12/msg00427.html (9,707 bytes)

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