[Elecraft] High Altitude Solder

[Thom R LaCosta]

On Sat, 1 Apr 2006 N2EY at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 4/1/06 2:01:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> epalmer at sirisonline.com writes:
>
>
>> When using high altitude solder it is critical to use a left handed
>> soldering station otherwise the overall transceiver efficency is severely
>> degraded.
>
> Urban legend.
>
> The left handed soldering station is only needed in the southern hemisphere.
>
> The same effect can be had be rewinding the solder onto the spool opposite
> the way it came from the factory.

But that only works if the outside layers are wound first.

73,Thom-k3hrn
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