[Elecraft] K2 and Low residue solder

Mon Mar 1 18:14:01 2004

Don raises a good point.  During the days of the Apollo space program, I
worked in R&D for a well known microwave company.  Anyone that could
possibly touch a system or subassembly for one of our NASA contracts was
obliged to take a short seminar in NASA hand soldering techniques.  We used
nothing but Ersin multicore products, with a 63/37 mix, and it was not by
accident.  The SN62 is a more recent vintage.  
To this day, I still use those techniques on all of my ham projects, and of
course the same solder.  Loctite/ Ersin does offer a "no clean - clear
residue" version, but I confess I've never tried it.  
Vy 73,
George - K1GXT

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Stuart Rohre
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 3:38 PM
To: Don Brown; Elecraft Reflector; James T. "Jim" Rogers
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 and Low residue solder

Don,
With all due respect to your experience; in 45 years I have seen in
professional electronics use a marked improvement in joint quality with
Multicore products over Kester 44; and I have carried out testing for my
firm a number of times.
Stuart
K5KVH

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