[TowerTalk] How To Remove Tarnish off Bare Copper Wires

[Jim Chaggaris]

I've never had an issue with a broken solder joint using silver or eutectic solder for antennas. 

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Jim N9WW

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> On Feb 19, 2023, at 11:12 PM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
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> On 2/19/2023 8:17 PM, Wes Attaway wrote:
>> All I have ever done with antenna wire
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> After working for a while with wires at 125 ft in trees that can move a LOT in the wind, and conditions that get the wire vibrating, I've learned that soldered connections can get brittle and lead to failures. Copper split bolts avoid that problem. In 16 years, I've had only one failure to to corrosion. It was a year ago, and it was at the center of the 160M TX Tee built with stranded #10 THHN, that had been up for that long.
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> 73, Jim K9YC
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