FWIW: I built my K2 and KX1 using a 1 lb roll of 63/37 0.015" solder I've had for a hundred years. I never had feed-rate problems, and was able to very finely control how much solder went into the holes. There's still about 1/3 lb of solder on the roll.
My wife bought me a magnifying lamp encircled with very bright white LED's. It eliminates shadows. There is a little optical distortion if you look through the edges of the glass, but it works a lot better for me than the Optivisor I tried. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012 - www.cqp.org On 12/8/2011 9:24 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > I suggest Kester 285 solder in the 37/63 alloy mix. A diameter of 0.20 > is a good compromise between a decent feed rate and getting too much > solder on the connection before you know what is happening. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
