RE: Recommended Solder

[Gordon & Lois Duff]

I looked at the information on solder and then checked to see what I had.
Just Radio Shack!  Will my kits fall apart ;)

Is there a recommendation for RS solder?

Gordon, KA2NLM

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[Cfzepp]

Gordon:
I have built (2) K2's and (2) K1's all with Radio Shack brand  solder.  No
problems at all and they all worked the first time they were  fired up!

73, Don


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[Stuart Rohre]

My experience of 47 years of use of Multicore solders is that they give
superior wetability, and flow, and clean up to ordinary wire solder such as
Radio Shack solder.  It is easier to use Multicore flux to get a better
cleaned joint and hence easier to solder with less heat exposure to the
components.

Stuart
K5KVH



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[Tom Hammond-3]

At 11:47 AM 9/28/2005, Stuart Rohre wrote:
>My experience of 47 years of use of Multicore solders is that they give
>superior wetability, and flow, and clean up to ordinary wire solder such as
>Radio Shack solder.  It is easier to use Multicore flux to get a better
>cleaned joint and hence easier to solder with less heat exposure to the
>components.

I wonder if anyone has had any experience with the CRYSTAL FLUX (several
different mictures, it appears) which Multicore is now offering as well as
the standard WRAP3 flux?

73,

Tom

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