[Elecraft] Solder and stuff

Fri Jan 23 10:49:01 2004

Ian,
Maplins , Greenweld and others sell leaded solder,
have fun building the K2, my Jap rig hardly gets any use since I got mine,
73, Ray G3IOI

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian J Maude" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 9:11 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Solder and stuff


> Hi all,
> While I am waiting for my K2 to arrive I am browsing everything on the
> site.  I came across the soldering tutorial and information on different
> types of solder.  Looking at the recommendations etc I noticed that
> silvered solder was not recommended and I can understand the reasons for
> it with the extra heat needed etc.  The one I am more concerned about is
> the very strong opposition to lead free solder.  Leaded solder is not as
> easy to get these days in the UK and of course has some inherent health
> risks.  I wondered what the reason was for such a strong bias against
> lead free solder?
>
> Ian
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