There are several issues here, first, the washer is so large the heat from your soldering gun or iron is being wicked away not allowing the surface (of the washer) to get hot enough to melt the solder. Both surface & wire need to be at the solder melting temp. The second problem is the surface must be clean, no oils or such. Third the plating on the washer may not be able to be soldered to. Solutions, clean the surface & remove the plating and use a BIG soldering gun or torch to heat the surface. Or better yet. Drill holes around the washer and use stainless steel hardware to attach your wires. Robert KD5YVQ
-----Original Message----- From: BVARC <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Shannon Tassin via BVARC Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2022 12:42 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Shannon Tassin <[email protected]> Subject: [BVARC] Solder help Happy Saturday All, I am working to improve my homemade vertical HF antenna project that I made several months back based on an ARRL magazine article. This washer will allow my ground stake to fit through the middle and gives me a nice surface area for attaching my 10 ground radials. It was a leftover from another project so I don’t recall exactly what metal it is. My problem is that I cannot seem to get the solder to stick to it. I am very much a beginner with soldering. What do I need to do differently? Thanks, Shannon Tassin K4SCT ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
