[Boatanchors] antenna wire

[Jim Bromley, K7JEB]

I use a cleaning product called 'Lime Away' that contains
sulfuric acid to soak where I want to solder.  It
"pickles" the copper, removing all the oxide. Use of
rubber gloves strongly advised....

Jim, K7JEB

On 11/19/2011 1:27 PM, Jack Schrader wrote:
> > It’s not that I’m cheap but everyone else is so generous.
> >
> > I have some copper stranded #14 ga. wire I would like to
> > re-use but it is so black  and / or corroded that I cannot solder it.
> >
> > Is there any way to clean the end to make it solderable?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Jack