[CQ-Contest] Any good outdoors poratblesoldering tool?
Jim Brown
k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com
Fri Nov 11 14:03:41 EST 2022
On 11/11/2022 8:36 AM, Art Boyars wrote:
> When I was assembling my dipole (flexweave wire, not solid) some very wise
> PVRCers suggested that I use split bolt connectors instead of soldering.
YES! W6GJB and I soon learned that soldering stranded copper is a great
way to have it break after a few years. We've been using nothing but
copper split-bolts for nearly 15 years. Since copper has gotten a lot
more expensive, it takes careful shopping to find them at a price that
doesn't break the bank.
And before I left Chicago, I bought both insulated and bare #12 and #14
Flexweave and built antennas with it. Every one of them was on the
ground within a year.
73, Jim K9YC
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