[Elecraft] Solder requests - STOP

Nick Waterman laptop at noseynick.com
Wed Sep 14 17:52:21 EDT 2005


W3FPR - Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Sorry folks, but within less than an hour, I have received 14 requests, and
> several are for multiple rolls - so they are all spoken for.

I thought it was just an EU thing, didn't realise lead was going out of 
fashion your side of the pond too.

I was going to ask, even before this thread... What do Elecraft and 
"Doctor Solder" recommend now that 60/40 doesn't officially exist?

... and what about temperature? Most of the lead-free solders have a 
much lower melting-point, which has pros and cons: probably means less 
thermal damage to components from your iron, but might also mean hot 
components like your PA desolder themselves earlier   ;-)

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