[Boatanchors] Do these devices still exist?

[Carl]

Pigtails

Carl


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John King" <k5pgw at yahoo.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 5:05 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Do these devices still exist?


> Maybe I am not dreaming and maybe some of you other old timers can 
> remember these things and tell me if they can still be bought. The 
> "mystery' things I am asking about were small coiled devices that were 
> used to replace a component without tearing the original components' 
> original solder connection apart. The component could be simply clipped 
> out and the small coils could be slipped over the lead remaining of the 
> original component and the new component slipped into the other of the 
> spring like connector and soldered. This made for a very good solder 
> splice and kept the modification neat. I find that removing old caps and 
> resistors is not very kind to terminal strips and tube pins. A lot of heat 
> and prying of the hot wires away from the connection is hard on the wiring 
> and hardware.
>
> Anyone remember these handy little "springy things"??  What were they 
> called ? Are they still available today and where? Thanks for reading. 73, 
> John, K5PGW
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