[Milsurplus] Solder Joints

[Glenn Little WB4UIV]

Many years ago I bought a very scraped KWM-2 chassis from a scrap yard.
When I started salvaging parts from it, I found out why is was in the 
scrap yard.
There was a connection to a tube socket pin that was crimped, but never 
soldered.
It even has the inspectors red paint on the connection showing that it 
had been inspected.
I guess it passed factory tests and worked for a while in the field.

Glenn
WB4UIV

On 6/22/2025 8:17 PM, Hubert Miller wrote:
> 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
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