[BULK] - RE: [TowerTalk] Re: Cutting braid

[Bob Henderson]

Fascinating stuff Steve, but my recollections are that oxidised copper is a
bitch to solder.  Doesn't that have something to do with the decision to
"hot solder dip" or pre tin component leads back in the stoneage?

Now back to my cave!

Bob, 5B4AGN, P3F

> In the interim, few component manufacturers use tinned
> leads any more, only because this proved to be a
> solution to a problem that didn't really exist.
> (WB2WIK/6)
>