I cant say I had any solder problems at all, on any elecraft stuff I built.
Then, I am used to soldering 30 year old resistors and other old parts, so anything newer then 15 years old is a snap to solder! Oh the joys of soldering a (seemingly) endless amount of NEW clean parts! And I do it with 20 year old solder...at least that's how long I have had it... Brett N2DTS > I don't know the pin plating thickness, but if they are not wetting > easily, check your soldering temperature. I normally use 700 > to 750 deg > F and find no problem. > > There is a big difference in wetting capability between > solder as well - > I use Multi-Core 63/37 with type 370 5 core flux and it wets > nicely. I > had some old Weller Rosin core solder in the garage drawer that I > recently tried to use when soldering some antenna wire - it had no > wetting ability at all and I threw it in the trash. > > 73, > Don W3FPR _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
