[Amps] Fwd: Re: soldering vs crimping

[donroden at hiwaay.net]

We were poor and had to use a single edge razor blade to lightly score the
braid-solder before breaking it off.

Don W4DNR


Quoting Alek Petkovic <vk6apk at bigpond.com>

> Bad move. Don't do it.
>
> By using the tubing cutter, you are certainly doing a neat job but you
> are deforming that soldered braid and pushing it, as a sharp edge,
> inwards, through the dielectric towards the centre conductor.