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Re: [TowerTalk] 60/40 solder

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 60/40 solder
From: "Peter Voelpel" <df3kv@t-online.de>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 01:21:53 +0200
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It will not take much power to get way more then 1A through a piece of
copper wire in a RF tuned system.
>From my experience, soft soldered connections won´t last long when outside
and when the solder joint is not weather proof protected.

73
Peter



Jim Miller KG0KP wrote:

> Now we mix Tin(60)/Lead(40) and get 10.6 microhms per centimeter.  Now 
> the distance we are talking about is NOT 1 cm.  Not even one mm but
> lets use that anyway ( more like 0 to 1/10 mm).   So, we have 1.06 
> microhms.  Now it will take approximately 1,000,000 volts to get an 
> amp at that point. 

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