On 26 Aug 2006 at 4:02, G0XAR wrote: > My understanding from the radio engineers at work is that lead > solder is permitted for use in the aerospace and military industries because > the lead free stuff is not reliable enough. What will become difficult in > time is obtaining leaded solder for amateur use in the EU; it is no longer > stocked by Maplins (the nearest thing we have in the UK to radio shack) > which is odd because they also sell kits which need lead solder to make. So > it might be a good idea if the fine folks at Elecraft were to offer a roll > of lead solder as a purchasable option for those of us who are unable to > source it in Europe.
Maplin appear to be the ONLY company who doesn't stock 60/40 leaded solder - but these days they stock less and less of anything and I no longer use them. I have just checked all my suppliers and leaded is stocked by them all, OK in some cases with a small price hike. I see the new CPC catalogue has quite a range. For the small user home user Grandata (http://www.grandata.co.uk) has a good range. How long this will continue we don't know, but it is still readily available in the UK at least. 73 Dave G3YMC http://www.davesergeant.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] 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
