[Boatanchors] 2013 myth

[Bill Cromwell]

On 07/08/2013 07:15 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
> --snip----
>
> Don't worry about some perfectionist with his nose in the air--go
> ahead and clip out old caps and use the left over leads in the rig to
> attach the new ones to, by taking the new cap leads and wrapping them
> around jeweler screwdriver shafts to make quiggs then push the quigs
> on to the left over lead fragments still in the rig and solder.
> 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
>

Hi Rob..
...Hal,

I usually reuse the old leads anyway. It's just plain easier. It avoids 
damage to tube sockets and terminal lugs trying to get the old leads 
out. Often there are several other wires in the same terminal lug and 
some of them are heavy. With multiple leads there is a lot more solder 
and resoldering requires a lot more heat applied to those aged parts. 
Especially if it's a ground tag.

Owners who want "museum quality" will not do this, of course, but that 
is a personal choice. My own choice is obviously different and I think 
the original intent was to apply electricity and an antenna and get 
those radios on the air...a viewpoint that also supports the "museum 
quality" idea but from a different direction.

73,

Bill  KU8H