Soldering coax braided shield- advice for DIY

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I am recycling some nice, older Audioquest video coax cable and see that they collected, twisted, and soldered only about 1/3 of the braid, trimming the rest off. I have always tried to solder the entire braid, but that makes for an awful clump inside an RCA plug and takes a lot of heat. What do you do?

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Topic - Soldering coax braided shield- advice for DIY - mr.bear 13:42:30 12/24/17 (5)

RE: Soldering coax braided shield- advice for DIY - Duster 18:17:38 12/25/17 (2)

RE: Thanx )nt( - mr.bear 12:01:42 12/26/17 (1)

RE: Thanx )nt( - Duster 00:47:18 12/29/17 (0)

I unweave it near the end, and try for 100% - pffft? 16:03:38 12/24/17 (1)

Agree - if carrying signal - mitch2 19:23:14 12/24/17 (0)

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