[TenTec] help in soldering pl259 outside

[Richards]

My local engineering team tells me the gold are easy to solder to, but 
that gold is not the best conductor for connectors.   These are retired 
aerospace radio engineers who developed radar and radio controlled 
drones for the air force, and numerous cockpit instruments for space and 
jet travel...

I thought the inherent value of gold was that it does not "oxidize" or 
"rust," per se... so I figured gold would be a great connector plating 
material.   The audio industry sells us on that notion...  But the local 
guys disagree.

Just MY take, anyway...

=====================  james -K8JHR  =========================

On 4/6/2010 5:17 PM, Bill Harris wrote:
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> Any benefit going to the "Gold Plated" 259's?   I think it would be an excellent surface to solder too.
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