Topband: Source for wire?

John Brosnahan -- W0UN shr at swtexas.net
Fri Apr 11 09:35:58 EDT 2008


At 11-04-08 07:08, you wrote:

> > A great and inexpensive source for very strong and durable uninsulated
> > #18 suitable for Beverages are the 2500 foot spools of stainless steel
> > lashing wire used by Cable TV trunk feeder installers.
>
>I was lucky enough to come up with 8 to 10 spools of this stuff.  Plan to
>use it for a radial field for my transmitt antenna at some point.  Biggest
>problem I see is not being able to solder it to a ground buss.  I will
>probably use a plate of some sort and stainless bolts for a mechanical
>connection.  Got the wire for free so I guess it's worth the headache of
>trying to figure out how to get it connected.
>
>Cecil
>K5DL


Cecil, you just need the proper flux to solder 
stainless steel.  I use Duzall and it works 
great.  Of course it is an acid flux and you 
should wash it off after soldering.

>DUZALL  --  Clear liquid general purpose 
>soldering flux for use with all soft solders on 
>stainless steels, copper alloys, gold, silver 
>and galvanized steel. Active at 430°F. Performs to Fed AA51145, Type 1 Form B

You can usually find it at welding supply stores.

John  W0UN




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