[Collins] Wire needed

[Mac McCullough]

would you settle for # 10 mag wire..  it will look like a dark red or med
color brown.. but it is # 10 nice looking wire..  if so I have plenty, as in
a 120 # roll  ... mac/mc



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr.Gerald Johnson" <geraldj at ispwest.com>
To: <collins at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Collins] Wire needed


> It would be super handy to have a solder pot with a hole in the bottom
> plus a bit of liquid flux on the wire. Poke the wire up through the hole
in
> the bottom of the solder pot. So a big soldering iron with a big blob of
> solder will have to do. Wipe it down with a cotton or wool rag, not
> polyester.
>
> You will want to straighten the wire to make it into buss bar by pulling
it.
>
> For runs under a foot you might consider using hobby shop brass tubing
> after tinning it. It starts out straight. But it won't bend through a
solder
> lug. Use 3/32" or 1/8". There might even be copper available in those
> sizes.
>
> Tubing won't be lossier than solid copper at RF because the skin effect
> will keep most of the RF current very close to the surface.
>
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
>
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