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73, Tom W4KX Sent from my iPad > On Mar 26, 2018, at 1:24 PM, n0...@juno.com wrote: > > Back in the early 80's, a friend of mine had a job-related > subscription to "NASA Tech Briefs" (or something like that title). > I never read the article myself, but my friend was very good at > relaying details. > > One of the subjects covered was soldering and the "shock wave" problem. > IIRC, the leads could be trimmed with a scissor-like tool. > > I would think the nippers that someone mentioned would be OK > to use because of the way the cutting edge is designed. > > I tried to find the Tech Briefs on the web, but no luck. If > anyone has access to those publications I would sure > like to read the article. Again, that was back in the early > 80's or maybe late 70's. > > 73, > Charlie, N0TT > >> Sorry but cutting wires after soldering is "bad practice"; NASA wanted > the soldered connection left undisturbed. > >> If I ever saw an assembler or tech doing that "bad practice", they'd get > a verbal warning that first time and a written warning if >it ever > happened again; but I had good, conscientious people and never had to do > that. > >> So, tin the wires if needed; position the part and then trim wires > before doing the final soldering. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to w...@mac.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
