I've never had an issue with a broken solder joint using silver or eutectic
solder for antennas.
Best Regards,
Jim N9WW
James Chaggaris
President
PowerOne Corp.
2325 Dean St. Suite 800J
St. Charles, IL 60175
Phone: (630)443-6500
Cell: (630)669-2241
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> On Feb 19, 2023, at 11:12 PM, Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/19/2023 8:17 PM, Wes Attaway wrote:
>> All I have ever done with antenna wire
>
> After working for a while with wires at 125 ft in trees that can move a LOT
> in the wind, and conditions that get the wire vibrating, I've learned that
> soldered connections can get brittle and lead to failures. Copper split bolts
> avoid that problem. In 16 years, I've had only one failure to to corrosion.
> It was a year ago, and it was at the center of the 160M TX Tee built with
> stranded #10 THHN, that had been up for that long.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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