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

[Tim, N9PUZ]

On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 16:16:59 -0500, W=D8IFL wrote:
>...of connectors, and crimping tool.  The crimp tool is awful! =
 Just 
>like Steve describes, the 'crimp prong V is grossly off center'.=
  I 
>would have returned it for a replacement, but I figured I'd just=
 get 
>one that was worse.

>I can make it work but I find that I prefer to just solder the 
>connections anyhow.
>
>We can put a man on the moon, we can build little radio's to=
 talk to 
>him (or bounce off him and back to Earth) but we can't make an 
>affordable, quality, crimp tool?

Anderson makes a crimp tool for these connectors that works=
 extremely 
well with both the 15A and 30A contacts. I've had mine for years=
 and 
yes $105 (what I paid) is a lot of money but it's like any other=
 
"quality" tool... you don't get a $100 tool for $15. The GB tool=
 isn't 
even made for the Anderson contacts, it just "sorta" works if=
 you're 
careful.

"Buy cheap, buy twice" my buddy Keith says. If you can't borrow=
 or buy 
the Anderson tool then solder is a much better option in my=
 opinion. No 
sense in using high quality connectors and then doing a poor job=
 of 
attaching them to the cables.

Tim  N9PUZ