Ben, Good eyes - keep looking at your soldering that way. The bubbling is the result of flux trapped inside the solder boiling. It is also an indication that your soldering temperature is a bit too low - the joint definitely did not receive adequate heating. Yes, such behavior will result in a bad solder connection.
73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > I'm currently building a KPA100, and have noticed on several > joints after I apply the solder, and then remove the iron, the > solder bubbles around the lead, and then usually the solder joint > looks bad. What is happening here? I don't recall this > happening when I was building the base K2, but it's been quite a while. > > -Ben K1NT > _______________________________________________ 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
