And if one uses silver based solder? Nope I don't and won't until I need to resupply; which will be quite a while from now.
Rick wa6nhc Tiny iPhone keypad, sorry for typos On Jun 24, 2012, at 4:21 PM, "Ron D'Eau Claire" <r...@cobi.biz> wrote: > Does anyone have actual measurements to indicate that one is *significantly* > better than the other? > > Solder may not be as good a conductor as copper, but we're talking about a > fraction of a millimeter of solder covering the entire mating surface of the > cable and connector through which the current flows. > > IMX working on electronic systems we chose crimping over solder because > crimping is faster than soldering. Even so, I have found that it is as easy > to do a bad crimp job as it is to do a bad soldering job. > > 73, Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > > A properly done crimp is better electrically than solder. For one thing, > solder is not a very good conductor. A proper crimp is actually a weld > joining the wire to the terminal. > > Sent from my iPad > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
