[Hallicrafters] Aspirin, was re: [Halli] S20R BFO dead

[Tom NØJMY]

I had a pal in NASWA that claimed to have snagged some incredible DX 
with a vertical antenna made of "pop-cans" soldered end-to-end using a 
nasal decongestant as flux.

Claimed he heard Dristan da Cola!

Okay, okay, back under my haystack...

73,
Tom NØJMY .   .

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Roy Morgan wrote:
> On Apr 23, 2009, at 9:23 AM, SX-25 wrote:
> 
> 
> Neat trick that I have not tried yet:
> 
> Place an aspirin tablet under the varnished end of the tiny thin wire  
> - single strand or Litz wire.  Apply a bit of solder with the solder  
> iron so the aspirin acts like a flux.  This is reported to be the  
> simplest safest way to tin the thin wire used in coils.