[Elecraft] K2 and Low residue solder

Bob Nielsen [email protected]
Wed Feb 25 18:48:00 2004


On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 10:30:23PM -0000, Mike W wrote:
> Having just ordered a K2 I was wondering about getting some 'low 
> flux residue' solder to 'glue' it with instead of the 60/40 Ersin 
> multicore I already have.
> Any comments for/against using this solder?

I used (post-Ersin) Multicore 63/37 solder with low-residue flux to
build K2 #3273 and encountered no problems.  The roll I have is .035
but a smaller diameter would be preferable.

Bob, N7XY