In a message dated 4/2/06 10:23:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Kester 44HA will be available at any NASA facility commissary in the near
future...
I thought the designation was 44HAHA
73 de Jim, N2EY
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I need to trot right up to NASA up the street and ask to trade my
recently acquired 50 rolls of Kester 44 for some of that HAHA, I saw
these messages about high altitude solder last night and never heard of
anything so dumb! April Fool's! 73 de Alex NS6Y
On Apr 2, 2006, at 8:23 AM, Jeremiah
Does anybody know of a vendor that still sells it? Are
there any special precautions or procedures for using this solder?
Any quality solder will work. You just have to assemble the K-1 in a vacuum
chamber to out-gas the connections. Remember to hold your breath to avoid
contamination.
Paul
Lynn,
The best is liquid solder - one used to find it in hardware stores, but I
havn't looked recently. Those loose electrons are the main thing that
improves the efficiency. Now if someone could just come up with a way to
keep it from hardening so the electrons stay loose longer G.
73,
Don
At 12:57 PM 4/1/2006, Lynn Burlingame wrote...
I plan to do a lot of mountaintopping in the next few years and will
be assembling a K1 for this specific use. I need to locate a good
source for MILSPEC high altitude solder that meets Elecraft's
specifications and will not void the warranty. The
I was impressed with the added performance from using HA solder on my K1 SN
1976 at altitude, but I thought the advantages were quickly lost from having
to store the K1 in an altitude chamber when I got home. I'm not seeing the
full 22% increase that some are seeing since the mountains around here
Does anybody know of a vendor that still sells it? Are
there any special precautions or procedures for using this solder?
Any quality solder will work. You just have to assemble the K-1 in a vacuum
chamber to out-gas the connections. Remember to hold your breath to avoid
contamination.
When using high altitude solder it is critical to use a left handed
soldering station otherwise the overall transceiver efficency is severely
degraded. Happy building.
73 de N0EHQ
I plan to do a lot of mountaintopping in the next few years and will
be assembling a K1 for this specific use.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Lyle Johnson
As for how long you can hold your breath in a vacuum, I refer you to Arthur
Dent.
73,
Lyle KK7P
Hmmm, very good point Lyle.
42,
-rick, K7LOG
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
When using high altitude solder it is critical to use a left handed
soldering station otherwise the overall transceiver efficency is severely
degraded. Happy building.
Only in the Northern hemisphere. Here in Switzerland we get the
Only in the northern hemisphere, as was discovered by Gaspard
Coriolis watching the mojo swirling as it ran out.
Bob, N7XY
On Apr 1, 2006, at 11:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When using high altitude solder it is critical to use a left handed
soldering station otherwise the overall
In a message dated 4/1/06 2:01:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
When using high altitude solder it is critical to use a left handed
soldering station otherwise the overall transceiver efficency is severely
degraded.
Urban legend.
The left handed soldering station is
I had the same problem, until I discovered that underwater solder works
just as well. It's all about the pressure differences. I use the fresh
water variety, since I do most of my mountain topping on inland
mountains. I get it from Cousteau Electronics Supply, they are on the
web. You do
On Sat, 1 Apr 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 4/1/06 2:01:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
When using high altitude solder it is critical to use a left handed
soldering station otherwise the overall transceiver efficency is severely
degraded.
Urban
Looks like the arts and crafts folks have dealt with this issue before -
http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive/199912/threads.htm
I did not read much of the thread, but it looks like you have to immerse the
radio in Nitrous Oxide while soldering. They also suggest using a lot of hot
air
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