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 legend.
The left handed soldering station is only needed in the southern hemisphere.
The same effect can be had be rewinding the solder onto the spool opposite
the way it came from the factory.
But that only works if the outside layers are wound first.
73,Thom-k3hrn
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