[TowerTalk] How old copperweld?

[Jim Lux]

At 08:23 AM 9/4/2005, Art Boyars wrote:
>The copperweld in my antenna is 25 or 30 years old; stored inside for the 
>middle 15 years.  Don't remember whre I got it, so I have no idea of the 
>original quality or copper thickness.  Does the copper layer thin out 
>significantly with age?

Can't imagine any mechanism for this happening.  There's copper wire that's 
been outside for centuries and still there.  You'll get surface corrosion 
or oxidation, and then it sort of stabilizes.


>    It stll solders OK after I clean up the surface.  Any recommendations 
> on how long the stuff lasts?
>
>73, Art K3KU
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