[GQRP] Re: [Elecraft] Solder and stuff

Fri Jan 23 18:11:01 2004

Stuart,

Over here lead based solder, such as Ersin Multicore is being phased
out. maplin Electronics..our equivilaent of Radio Shack...no longer
stock it..we have to put up with some Japanese Silver based 1mm diameter
stuff...they seem not to stock 22swg any more----Luckly I found a reel
in my garage today so I am sorted for when I start melting solder
again.....i must start my K2 soon when I can find the time...

Its another example of the euro politics we have over here...no one
asked me if I wanted lead free solder..or millimeters instead of
SWG....I would have voted against it......we just have to put up with
it...sooner or later we will have to have Euro Callsigns, the code will
be banned because not everyone understands it. And we will all have to
speak Esperanto and all have similar aerials. 

Dammit...I think I want to become an American........

Yours,

Tounge in cheek,

Steve

G0XAR

On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 20:32, Stuart Rohre wrote:
> 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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