Some Heath comments

[Jim Berry]

Hello Green Radio Fans,

The fella who put DX-40 together originally wrapped many extra turns around
the solder lugs.  In many cases, he did not shorten the component leads any
at all.  He also apparently crimped everything down well.  He did rely on a
good mechanical joint.  I assume the liguid solder sort of acted as a
sealer to prevent any oxidation.  The construction technique was more than
strange, but it did work.

73 Jim K7SLI

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> From: Kc4zum <Kc4zum at aol.com>
> To: basalop at gte.net; HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
> Subject: Re: Some Heath comments
> Date: Monday, March 16, 1998 6:02 AM
>
> In a message dated 98-03-14 02:08:56 EST, basalop at gte.net writes:
>
> <<  First
>  thing I did was open it up to see how it was put together.  It had been
>  assembled using "liquid solder".  What liguid solder was, or i assume
>  anyway, was a heavy glue with either silver colering or maybe even metal
>  particals in it.  Out of curiosity I fired it up and it worked just fine
>>
>
> Its a wonder that thing worked with LIQUID SOLDER, possibly all the wired
were
> touching their terminals good.
>
> Have fun!
>
> 73
> Harvey, KM4JA

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