[Elecraft] Re: Oh where, oh where, has my little tone gone?- PowerPoles

[Vic Rosenthal]

Don Brown wrote:
> 
> The tool misshapes the contact so it will not go into the housing. If you use the round die at the bottom of the tool to reform the contact after the crimp, the contact will go in properly.

I have to admit that I am not a crimp man.  I feel that crimping weakens the
conductors, especially small ones.  I used to work as a tractor mechanic, and I
always soldered the battery cable ends (using a BIG iron and bar solder) and
found it more reliable than crimping.  The only exception that I made is the no.
4 wires which connect my lightning ground system together, because lightning
currents have been known to vaporize solder.  These connections are bolted
rather than soldered.

I soldered my APP connectors with silver-bearing solder and I'm confident I have
as good or better connection than crimping; and there were no assembly problems.

Vic K2VCO