[TowerTalk] RG-6

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Barry,

If it is anything other than copper, I think you are SOL unless there is a 
mechanical connector for the braid.

Mike
W8TRN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barrie Smith" <barrie at centric.net>
To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 14:10
Subject: [TowerTalk] RG-6


>I recently purchased 200' of RG-6 from Lowes for a receiving antenna.
>
> The braid is real strange stuff.  Looks, act and feels like steel.  I 
> can't
> get ordinary, resin-core solder to attach at all.  The solder just beads 
> up
> and falls off.
>
> Any suggrstions as to how to solder this stuff?
>
> 73, Barrie, W7ALW
>
>
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