Just to clarify, the solder I have is 63/37 solid wire; there is no core. I wanted to know if I could use this stuff to perform a few mods to the RF board.
I'll just pick up a spool of .020 and .032 RA or RMA Kester solder wire. Truth be told, I don't even know where I got the spool of solid wire from. just found it in my junk box. Vy 73, James K2QI _____ From: Merv Schweigert [mailto:k...@flex.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 12:58 AM To: Brett Howard Cc: James Sarte; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: a quick question about solder I did not touch a soldering iron when assembling the K3, not sure what there is to solder unless your making some mods. And solid wire solder would be a bear to use with no flux. Sure would not try using flux with it would be a huge mess of left over rosin. Cheaper to go buy a few feet of the correct solder. 73 Merv KH7C The K3 was built on a RoHS process and technically you shouldn't mix the processes (leaded solder with non leaded solder) that being said if thats all you have then it will work. But the RoHS stuff can be had fairly inexpensively... ~Brett (KC7OTG) On Tue, 2009-08-18 at 00:05 -0400, James Sarte wrote: I know that Elecraft states that rosin core solder is the only type that should be used when it comes to circuit board assembly. However, can solid wire solder (lead) be used as well? I have a whole spool of .020 solid wire solder sitting around, and would like to know if I can use this stuff on the K3. James K2QI ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
