[Amps] Fwd: Re: soldering vs crimping

[Roger (K8RI)]

On 5/3/2012 9:50 PM, k7fm wrote:
> "You had a razor blade?  We had to gnaw off the jacket and then bite through
> the individual strands one-by-one!  Then we had to rub the solder with a
> stick until it melted!"
>
> You had solder?  We had to go through the trash and find discarded
> toothpaste containers and use the lead in them or melt the solder in
> discarded tin cans.

See how much more advanced us rich farmers were. My folks installed 
indoor plumbing just before I came along. Unfortunately that last 
sentence is not a joke. <:-))

73

Roger (K8RI)


>
> 73,  Colin  K7FM
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