Wanna hear what some co's doing ? plastic cans :( Mark A. Holman AB8RU ARRL Life Member [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave VanHorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com>; <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Still after > At 01:21 PM 7/22/2005, Kris Kirby wrote: >>On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Jeff Condit wrote: >> > Standard coffee cans solder together pretty easily because of the tin >> > plating they usually used, provided you have a soldering iron with a >> > good sized copper tip. A few of them started being plastic coated and >> > these didn't solder well at all. >> >>Is there an observed effect on the quality of the duplexer from the >>surface discontinuties? Would it be worth copper plating? Can it be copper >>plated? > > I'd be very worried about stability, given the overall cheesiness of > the materials. > > Copper pipe is probably workable, though expensive. > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/