[Milsurplus] Solder Joints

[Hubert Miller]

Somewhere i recall reading, maybe about the Drake R-1A, that the soldering of leads was done by just pushing the lead into the tie strip hole, then soldering.
This comment was maybe even in a QST review, i'm not sure. The junction was done without the wrapping and crimping you usually see. I recall that wherever
i saw the comment, the remark was, "It is unusual, but it works". Most radios don't need to survive a paradrop. 
BTW, i have never seen an unsoldered junction in any product, the kind of thing others have reported, that made it past the inspector. I do not doubt it happened,
even in top-end equipment. 
-Hue Miller