On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 08:11:34PM -0500, Sandy W5TVW wrote: > I bought a pound about 6 months ago from a local distributor who does not > stock it anymore. It was one of the last rolls they had. I also bought a > pound of > Kester "44". I found the Multicore (says Made in USA) had a peculiar smell > and also didn't seem nearly as good as the old stuff I still have a bit of! > > I haven't bought Kester in over 30 years and I must say the newest "44" > stuff is very excellent! After this experiance, I don't think I'll bother > trying to find the Multicore anymore as it's performance (new roll) > was somewhat disappointing compared with the old stuff. > > Has anone else had this happen or is it a fluke?
Multicore (as well as several other manufacturers) has a variety of fluxes available. I suspect that is the difference. I bought a roll of Multicore solder with "no-clean" flux a few years ago and am quite happy with it. All I could find was .035, so I later bought a roll of Kester "44" in .020 dia for the small stuff. Bob, N7XY _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
