Re: K3 Solder Help
Posted by
k6dgw on
Dec 20, 2009; 8:27pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/K3-Solder-Help-tp4195170p4195861.html
It's likely some variant of "Litz Wire" which was commonly used in cloth
covered headphone wires 2 or 3 hundred years ago [I'm not older than
dirt, but I CAN remember when dirt was young :-) ]. Several very thin,
flexible strips of metallic conductors wrapped around a thin string or
two. Virtually impossible to solder and the metallic strips may not be
Cu but some alloy. Connections were made mechanically by crimping to
pins and lugs.
You might be able to crimp on a very small pin [like a Molex pin] which
will take solder and then solder that to the connector.
73,
Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA USA
> Bob DeHaney wrote:
>> I bought a Sennheiser Headset to use with my K3, and the stereo headset
>> audio plug is defective. I wanted to put on a new plug and discovered to my
>> dismay that my 60/40 solder does not stick to what looks like a copper wire.
>> Any suggestions?
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