Regardless of our personal experiences, the fact remains that soldering a
crimped connection is unacceptable in Mil-Spec work...There are good reasons,
not the least of which is premature failure away from the connector, back
inside the wire's insulation where the rigid solder wick condition
Jerry,
What you say is true, but the conditions expected for Mil-Spec equipment
are not typical for the average hamshack - the wires are not subject to
excessive vibration and flexing and are not handled on a daily basis.
As a result, I regard soldering APP connectors for ham station use a
Here's my bottom line:
If a crimped cable was offerred as an accessory with my K3 for a couple of
extra $ I would have added it to the long list of other accessories.
I have made or supervised being made or contracted to be made millions of
crimped and soldered wires and I know what I
Don wrote:
slip a 2 inch length of heat
shrink over the wires before installing the APP housings and shrink it
up close to the housing after assembly. Even a single layer of heat
shrink will afford a lot of protection for the wires.
Excellent suggestion. The
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron
D'Eau Claire
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 11:52 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Crimped vs soldering
Don wrote:
slip a 2 inch length of heat
shrink over the wires before installing the APP housings and
shrink
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