[Boatanchors] 2013 myth

[w5sum]

years ago I started opening the hundred of little plastic boxes I had with 
orange drops and disc caps in them ( I bought out the entire stock of a 
parts house g oing out of business) and I now have hundred of "quiqqles" to 
use and yep, its the way to go for sure.

If its a easy job to remove a lead from a solder lug or tube socket I will, 
but most of the time, I re use the old lead with one of the quiggles and it 
works really good

Ronnie - W5SUM
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Cromwell" <wrcromwell at gmail.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] 2013 myth


> 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
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