Everyone seems to have forgotten the groundbreaking work that Tektronix did in this area back in the 1960s. You won't find a single wrapped solder joint in their oscilloscopes from then on. Now, they did push the use of high silver content solder, and perhaps that helps. I have never been tempted to follow the old advice ever since then. Clip the old, push new in with a hot soldering iron on the joint, and add a touch of 3% solder. Done.

73.
Mike KC4TOS

On 6/22/2025 8:08 PM, [email protected] wrote:

Most respectfully disagree.

Our treasures do not see one 100th of the vibration and rough handling expected in military service.

If the parts are clean and properly tinned and the joint is properly heated, that joint is not going to come loose or vibrate apart before Judgment Day.

More band switches and tube sockets have been destroyed by trying to un-twist those unnecessarily twisted wires or twist them back than were ever recovered that way.

One man’s opinion, but one man who’s fixed a buncha’ radios.

73 DE AB5S