[Elecraft] Solder and stuff

[Sandy W5TVW]

Been using Ersin solders for years and years.  They are miles ahead of everyone
else..
73,
Sandy W5TVW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stuart Rohre" <rohre@arlut.utexas.edu>
To: "Sandy W5TVW" <ebjr@i-55.com>; "Don Brown" <DolfinDon@msn.com>;
<elecraft@mailman.qth.net>; "Ian J Maude" <ian@gb7mbc.net>; <GQRP@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Solder and stuff


| I have been soldering since 1957.   Originally, I used Kester solder.  But
| about 1960 I discovered an English import, "Ersin Multicore solder".  Its
| claim to fame is it uses multiple cores of flux to give superior wetting
| with less flux left at the joint than Kester and ordinary solders.  It has
| continued to be the best looking and cleanest solder I can find.
|
| Over some 34 years of Research Lab work, I have used Multicore Solders as
| they are now known, (and made in USA); almost exclusively.   Each time I did
| pick up a Kester roll, its joints were not as pretty as the Savbit Multicore
| solder I prefer.  Multicore was widely available around the world in my DX
| days.
|
| In the USA it has come under the company that makes Permatex gasket products
| but is still the best solder for the K2 and any kit work I have found.
| Savbit alloys preserve your iron tips that erode with use of other solder.
|
| Is Multicore still widely available in UK?   I would advise hams to stock up
| now on tin/ lead solders, especially the higher tin content ones which gives
| the shiniest joints.
|
| -Stuart Rohre
| K5KVH
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