
dering flux. Hold the end of
the copper braid
against the soldered
terminal and
apply the
hot tip
of your
soldering iron
against
the
back of the
braid.
As
the solder
melts,
capillary action
will suck it up into
the
braid.
Remove the iron and
braid
simul-
taneously
and, when
the solder cools,
clip
off the solder filled braid
section
and dis-
card.
A special braid for
this purpose is
manu-
factured under
the
trade name "Soder- Wick"
by the Solder
Removal Company
(San
Di-
mas, CA
91733) and distributed
by Mac-
Donald & Co. (213 S.
Brand Blvd.,
Glen-
dale, CA 91204).
-Lou
AMATEUR RADIO
(Continued
from page 86)
and a multi -band
"trap" dipole, has
worked 15
states on 40 and
80 meters in
three
months. Dave
likes
to "ragchew
" -he
has a RagChewers'
Certifi-
cate -and
is
planning
to try his hand
at
DX
chasing
on
15 meters.
,
.Need
Nevada? Members
of
the Sierra
Nevada Amateur
Radio
Society plan
to
be on hand
on the
80 -,
40 -,
and 15 -meter Novice
bands March
22
and
23 starting
at 9:00 a.m., Pa-
cific
time, to
help
those who need
a Nevada
con-
tact.
(I
have
suggested
that the boys repeat
the
exercise
two
weeks later
on
April
5 and
6
for
the
benefit
of
readers
whose
POPULAR
ELECTRON-
ICS is
slow in arriving.)
Calls to look for
are
WA7HVK, WA7HVN,
WA7HVY, WA7HVS.
WN-
7JVO, WA7HVX,
WN7HVW,
and
WN7KQS.
Fre-
quencies:
3710.
3735, 7160, 7175, 7190, 21,120,
and
21.150 kHz. More
information from David
Quest,
WN7KQS, 2255
Riviera
St.,
Reno, Nevada
89502.
.
In six months, Harvey Hnatuik,
WB2FWW,
279 Forest
St.,
Kearney ,
N.J.. has worked
all states and
20
countries with his new
Swan 500C transceiver and
a
homebrew 15
-meter beam. Next
on the agenda
Before getting
on the
air as
BW6TRK,
Jim
Humphrey
used the
very old National receiver
on the table
as a CW short-wave listener
and surprised several
Novice hams
with their first
and
only
SWL cards.
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