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From: <donroden@hiwaay.net>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Power handling of an SMA
> Quoting Ian White GM3SEK <gm3sek@ifwtech.co.uk>:
>> Another trick is to file across each of the 4 holes with a 1/8in round
>> file. File away to almost the full depth of the hole, leaving just a
>> thin feather-edge of bare brass which is much easier to solder.
>
>
> I drill out the holes to a larger size.
That would seem to just require more of an area to solder
>
> I also pre-tin the braid and then I cut the braid with a razor knife.
Thats how I was taught in the Navy, in 1959. These days I use a tubing
cutter but I only tin solid dielectric coax, not foam.
Carl
KM1H
> Don W4DNR
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