[TenTec] help in soldering pl259 outside

[Dave Edwards]

I might be wrong on this, but while the gold ones look fancy....from what I 
have seen, they are garbage.  I
don't think you will find gold Amphenol UHF connectors.
Perhaps someone else can correct me if I'm wrong??
....Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Harris" <w7kxb at msn.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] help in soldering pl259 outside


>
> Any benifit going to the "Gold Plated" 259's?   I think it would be an 
> excellent surface to solder too.
>
> Later
>
> BillHarris-w7kxb/7AZ
>
>> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 13:35:45 -0700
>> From: w8nf at yahoo.com
>> To: tentec at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] help in soldering pl259 outside
>>
>> If the PL-259s don't have silver-plated bodies, then you're struggling to 
>> solder to nickel. Nickel acquires a layer of oxide that's difficult to 
>> break through with flux. Get a small enough steel-bristle brush that fits 
>> inside the connector body, and scratch it up thoroughly where you are 
>> trying to get solder to flow. Do the same to the outside where the solder 
>> holes are. It'll solder much more readily, with much less heat. It'll 
>> take about 30-45 minutes for a new layer of oxide to form on the nickel.
>>
>> Dave W8NF
>>
>>
>>
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