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AC2EU

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Re: Solderable Preformed Breadboard Jumper Wires
« Reply #15 on: June 06, 2021, 05:40:00 PM »

Back to the original question.  Does anyone know of wires, as described in the initial post, that are easily solderable?

These are solid copper:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07P6VS31Z

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Re: Solderable Preformed Breadboard Jumper Wires
« Reply #16 on: June 07, 2021, 03:08:29 AM »

Got a chunk of 25 pair phone cable. Gives me up to 50 colors to make homebrew easy to trace. Not to mention it is easy to spot a wire in the wrong row on a perf board when they are different colors.

Of course you could get a machine (like an Artos Engineering) to automatically cut and strip your wire. You can makes hundreds per hour and not work up a sweat.
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Re: Solderable Preformed Breadboard Jumper Wires
« Reply #17 on: June 07, 2021, 12:12:12 PM »

Hi KG4RUL,

I just tried one of mine and it soldered fine.  I did scrape it first both to clean it up and to make sure it was of copper.  Maybe you have some aluminum ones?

Giving the benefit of the doubt that your soldering technique is fine, maybe you have some of that crappy lead-free solder?  Ditch it and get regular solder.  Just clean up all loose solder after use.

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I have been breadboarding using solderless breadboards and preformed jumper wires.  I can buy protoboards that have the same hole pattern for more permanent applications.  However, when I move the jumper wires, from the solderless breadboard to a protoboard, I find that the wires are extremely hard to solder.  Does anyone know of a brand of these wires that is readily solderable?
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Re: Solderable Preformed Breadboard Jumper Wires
« Reply #18 on: June 07, 2021, 02:23:13 PM »

Those plugboard/breadboards are reasonable for the old  style TTL chips and other such digital circuits, but are a poor choice for analog circuits, especially for RF work. 
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Re: Solderable Preformed Breadboard Jumper Wires
« Reply #19 on: June 07, 2021, 05:49:10 PM »

Got a chunk of 25 pair phone cable. Gives me up to 50 colors to make homebrew easy to trace. Not to mention it is easy to spot a wire in the wrong row on a perf board when they are different colors.

Of course you could get a machine (like an Artos Engineering) to automatically cut and strip your wire. You can makes hundreds per hour and not work up a sweat.

Isn't that great stuff? Almost a lifetime supply of jumper wires in a 12 foot length!

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Re: Solderable Preformed Breadboard Jumper Wires
« Reply #20 on: June 09, 2021, 04:07:16 AM »

Those plugboard/breadboards are reasonable for the old  style TTL chips and other such digital circuits, but are a poor choice for analog circuits, especially for RF work.

To set the record straight, I am only using the solderless bread boards for digital circuits.  When working with RF, I tend to use Manhattan style construction on double sided board and a Vector pad cutter bit.
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Re: Solderable Preformed Breadboard Jumper Wires
« Reply #21 on: June 09, 2021, 06:00:02 AM »

To set the record straight, I am only using the solderless bread boards for digital circuits.  When working with RF, I tend to use Manhattan style construction on double sided board and a Vector pad cutter bit.

+1

I really like the pad cutter technique for my RF builds also. Low quantity PCBs have become so affordable with quick delivery that after testing any unknowns, I tend to go directly to a PCB for the first full build.

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Re: Solderable Preformed Breadboard Jumper Wires
« Reply #22 on: June 10, 2021, 04:42:43 AM »

Back to the original question.  Does anyone know of wires, as described in the initial post, that are easily solderable?

These are solid copper:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07P6VS31Z

- Glenn W9IQ

Wow! They even come with "tech support"!
So silly...

I purchased a set and they are in fact made from tinned copper wire and solder up perfectly.

Problem Solved!  ;D
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Re: Solderable Preformed Breadboard Jumper Wires
« Reply #23 on: June 10, 2021, 07:54:55 AM »

i still have some "virgin" white wire that came with heath kits,and unopened solder...
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