At 06:07 AM 5/13/2013, Charles Craft wrote: >http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3D3740644 > >As much as it pains me to say it, I've had really good luck with=20 >powered antennas from Radio Shack. Hey! Don't knock it if it works well. Some Radio Shack stuff used to=20 be darned excellent and I'm happy to hear when they manage to get it=20 right. That's all too infrequent, these days. >The problem is how the amplifier board is attached to the antenna=20 >elements inside. >Its done with stranded wire but there is a lot of flexing between=20 >the front and back covers which leads to a broken wire where=20 >soldered to the board. De-solder braid will work quite nicely for this but you need to be=20 careful of which braid that you use - some contains a flux that=20 becomes corrosive over time. Some does not, which leads to confusion. If you remove the flux using some form of flux remover, you should be good. Alternatively, I have some very-high strand-count flexible wire here=20 - the #22 wire is something like 240 strand and the #20 wire is even=20 more strand count. This stuff is stupid expensive (we get it from=20 Cooner Wire) but I always have lots of short pieces kicking around=20 and would be happy to drop some pieces into an envelope and send it=20 to you. If this would be helpful, send me your snail-mail address=20 off-list and I'll get it out to you. dwayne --=20 Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax www.trinity-electronics.com Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .