Carl,
It has been my experience that soldered crimp connectors will fail with
alarming regularity. This comes from working as sustaining engineer in a
tech center that delt with all field failures of medical electronics test
equipment. We proved, with actual data, that *not* soldering crimp
connectors *reduced returns*. If the customer insists on a solder connection
use a connector designed for that application i.e. exceptionally good strain
relief above the soldered connection, a "blow hole" to eliminate trapped
flux, etc.

Just my 2 cents worth,
Dan
P.S.: How much is 2 cents worth after inflation?

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