Tom,
>I measured a Johnson edge wound that was silver plated and has sat
>outside at the base of my tower for two years, and it is nearly
>identical to one that is all shiney and new.
>The silver holds up OK outside, the question is does tinned wire?
Tom, do you live in an urban, suburban or rural area? This does make an
enormous difference to the corrosion, and to the form it takes. G3SEK
should be able (after all, his Ph.D was in chemistry) to tell us all
about the different ways things corrode in different atmospheres.
73
Peter G3RZP
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