I respectfully disagree. A properly made crimp is superior to a soldered connection. The key word being properly made. If you don't have the correct tools to do a proper crimp then a good compromise is to solder the connection after crimping, however, that's only to comply with connection best practice to establish a good mechanical and electrical connection. A proper crimp serves to mechanically weld the conductors together. Jer, AE4PB K3S TBA
> On August 21, 2015 at 9:20 PM Bob McGraw - K4TAX <rmcg...@blomand.net> wrote: > > > Malcolm brings up a very good point. All connections should be fitted > with a proper lug which is crimped with a proper tool, depending on wire > size and the terminal to which it will be attached, AND all terminals > should be soldered. I make no exceptions to this practice. The > crimp connection is a mechanical connection, the soldering is the > electrical connection. > > One additional point I've found to be most beneficial is to run a > dedicated ground wire between the ground terminal on the radio to the > ground terminal on the power supply. I do not rely on the DC negative > to serve as ground between the radio and power supply. > > 73 > Bob, K4TAX > K3S s/n 10,163 > > On 8/21/2015 7:45 PM, Malcolm via Elecraft wrote: > > Hi All > > > > > > As a matter of standard practice all my crimp contact junctions are soldered > > as well as being crimped using a good quality tool. > > > > I hope this note provides adequate guidance. > > > > Regards > > > > Malcolm > > G0MIC > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to je...@carolinaheli.com ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
