[TowerTalk] Cleaning Tarnished Wire

[Edwin Karl]

Ketchup on a hot dog is un- American


On 8/2/2014 9:12 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> I am not sure how that would work.  BTW, you should never put ketchup on a
> hot dog:)
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> John KK9A
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> To:	Gedas <w8bya at mchsi.com>
> Subject:	Re: [TowerTalk] Cleaning Tarnished Wire
> From:	Ed Stallman <n5dg at airmail.net>
> Date:	Sat, 02 Aug 2014 09:06:56 -0500
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> Ketchup, I seen this on Ricks Restoration.
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> Ed N5DG
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> On 8/2/2014 8:31 AM, Gedas wrote:
> As much as I hate to admit it, at times I have been guilty of leaving rotor
> cables or even coax outside unprotected from the rain and snow. Later on,
> wanting to put it to some use and after stripping off some insulation, I
> find that the surface of the copper conductors have been tarnished with a
> nice black coating. The tarnish makes it impossible to solder to even with
> an acid core flux. Other than physical abrasion, does anyone have any tricks
> or solution/chemical that will remove that tarnish?
>
> Gedas, W8BYA
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