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Subject: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Soldering Radials?
From: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:38:38 -0500
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yes tnx vy much for pointing this out as someone else also did & TU
much appreciated.  just shows you how as hard as I try to be clear I
stumble over something not even noticed by me.   Deni please change
braiser to brasage and it should make much better sense hi hi

73

rob
k5uj

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Al Kozakiewicz <akozak@hourglass.com> wrote:
> Braising is a way of slow cooking meat!  I'll bet that translated into French 
> wonderfully!
>
> Brazing is a method for joining metals.  Technically, it's more like 
> soldering than welding, as the base metal is not melted.
>
> Al
> AB2ZY
>
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> Behalf Of Rob Atkinson [ranchorobbo@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 12:51 PM
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> Subject: [TowerTalk]  Soldering Radials?
>
> Hi Deni,
>
> The best way to bond your copper wire radials to a copper radial ring
> is by a method called braising.   It is similar to welding and is done
> with a silver braising rod and MAPP gas torch at a high temperature.
> You have to learn how to do it and acquire the necessary tools and
> material.    Braising is the method employed by professionals who
> rebuild ground systems for broadcast towers.   It results in a bond
> that lasts indefinitely and can withstand the heat of a lightning
> strike.   The copper will readily take the silver but should be
> temporarily elevated or somehow removed from any combustible material
> such as dry grass.    If you simply solder the wires you will have a
> hard time heating the mass of copper without a torch and even if
> successful, a soldered connection will work for a time but not profide
> a long lasting low resistance connection.  I am not sure how braising
> translates so to try to make my point I provide a French attempt
> below.
>
>
> 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
>
>
> Salut Deni,
>
> La meilleure façon de lier votre radiales fil de cuivre à un anneau de
> cuivre radiale est par une méthode appelée braiser. Il est semblable à
> la soudure et se fait avec une tige de braisage d'argent et la torche
> de gaz MAPP à une température élevée. Vous devez apprendre comment le
> faire et d'acquérir les outils et le matériel nécessaires. Le braisage
> est la méthode employée par les professionnels qui la reconstruction
> des systèmes au sol pour les tours de diffusion. Il en résulte une
> liaison qui dure indéfiniment et ne peut résister à la chaleur d'un
> coup de foudre. Le cuivre reprendra facilement de l'argent, mais doit
> être temporairement élevées ou en quelque sorte retirés de tout
> matériau combustible, comme l'herbe sèche. Si il vous suffit de souder
> les fils, vous aurez du mal à chauffer la masse de cuivre sans torche
> et même en cas de succès, une connexion soudée à travailler une fois,
> mais pas profide une longue durée de connexion de faible résistance.
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