[TowerTalk] Remove enamel from CU wire

Tom Osborne w7why@harborside.com
Mon, 08 Oct 2001 13:44:04 +0100




Ron KA4INM Youvan wrote:
> 
> Hi:
> 
>
>   Why remove it?  The wire will last longer with the coating 

You can't solder thru the coating.  It has to be scraped off
first.  I just use sandpaper to sand off enough to solder to. 
The rest can be left as it is. 73.
Tom W7WHY

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