[Towertalk] SOLDER TO ALUMINUM

[Mark]

http://www.ati-intl.com/alumsold.htm
http://www.solder-it.com/solderpaste.asp
http://www.alumaloy.net/
Try these for aluminum soldering .. Mark  AA6DX

----- Original Message -----
From: <K7LXC@aol.com>
To: <petrich@u.washington.edu>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] SOLDER TO ALUMINUM


> 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
>