[Towertalk] SOLDER TO ALUMINUM

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/22/02 11:24:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
petrich@u.washington.edu writes:

>     Can anyone recommend a method to solder aluminum to aluminum and copper 
> to aluminum?  Am experimenting with a new antenna.
>  
>      Once I successfully soldered brass mesh over a vent hole in an 
aluminum 
> chassis for a high power UHF amplifier.  Cannot recall how I did that.  Am 
> interested in a soldering method that will improve the electrical 
> conductivity of the connections over and above that possible using the 
usual 
> clamping methods.

    There's a guy that's at the NW Division Convention in Seaside, OR, every 
year that has a fascinating product that REALLY DOES solder aluminum. I've 
never seen anything else even close. The Convention is next month.

Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC
TOWER TECH