Has anyone on Planet Earth ever heard of copper or tined copper "becoming brittle" due to heat? And what about the report of not soldering the center conductor because of the use of high power and 70
What report was that or were you still half asleep when you read it? Carl KM1H _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailma
Allow me to clarify. The joint becomes brittle, not the material. I think what happens is that the solder penetrates the entire braid, from surface to dielectric, fixing the strands in place. As the
If you overheat copper you are getting it way too hot. and probably damaging the dielectric as well. Overheated copper becomes soft. Today's popular cables uses braid plus foil and that braid is extr
...it's not becoming brittle due to heat! It becoming oxidized by air under the influence of heat: the hotter the faster. As for not soldering : in high power systems, especially in CCS, operating te
No, so far<:-)) I do the soldering of the PL-259 with the pin pointed down, or at least at a steep angle. The solder will wick up the center pin but only to the inside end of the pin. If soldered wit