Properly it must be crimped A N D soldered. Both are required.
Are you saying a crimped and soldered connection is worse than a crimped
only connection?
My military experience says there first must be a mechanical connection
made {crimp or wrap} and then follow with an electrical connection
{solder}. And RCA stipulated this practice in all of their broadcast
equipment.
73
Bob, K4TAX
K3S s/n 10,163
On 8/21/2015 8:38 PM, Jerry Moore wrote:
I respectfully disagree. A properly made crimp is superior to a
soldered connection. The key word being properly made. If you don't
have the correct tools to do a proper crimp then a good compromise is
to solder the connection after crimping, however, that's only to
comply with connection best practice to establish a good mechanical
and electrical connection. A proper crimp serves to mechanically weld
the conductors together.
Jer, AE4PB
K3S TBA
> On August 21, 2015 at 9:20 PM Bob McGraw - K4TAX
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Malcolm brings up a very good point. All connections should be fitted
> with a proper lug which is crimped with a proper tool, depending on
wire
> size and the terminal to which it will be attached, AND all terminals
> should be soldered. I make no exceptions to this practice. The
> crimp connection is a mechanical connection, the soldering is the
> electrical connection.
>
> One additional point I've found to be most beneficial is to run a
> dedicated ground wire between the ground terminal on the radio to the
> ground terminal on the power supply. I do not rely on the DC negative
> to serve as ground between the radio and power supply.
>
> 73
> Bob, K4TAX
> K3S s/n 10,163
>
> On 8/21/2015 7:45 PM, Malcolm via Elecraft wrote:
> > Hi All
> >
> >
> > As a matter of standard practice all my crimp contact junctions
are soldered as well as being crimped using a good quality tool.
> >
> > I hope this note provides adequate guidance.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Malcolm
> > G0MIC
> >
> >
>
>
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