[Elecraft] Solder and stuff

Fri Jan 23 16:02:01 2004

Can you guys give us an idea as to where to find Ersin solders?

----- Original Message -----
From: Sandy W5TVW <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, January 23, 2004 3:54 pm
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Solder and stuff

> Been using Ersin solders for years and years.  They are miles 
> ahead of everyone
> else..
> 73,
> Sandy W5TVW
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stuart Rohre" <[email protected]>
> To: "Sandy W5TVW" <[email protected]>; "Don Brown" <[email protected]>;
> <[email protected]>; "Ian J Maude" <[email protected]>; 
> <[email protected]>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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