[Elecraft] K3 Accessory Connector

[Mark Bayern]

> Come on! Why is the ridiculous Molex
> connector considered a standard? Not because it's any better than the
> APP but because it's what the manufacturers could get for pennies per
> connector.

I designed a CNC control in the middle 70's and we used Molex
connectors for DC power connections to the motherboard. These
connectors normally had one insertion cycle on them, at most some had
5-10 cycles. They were so bad that the systems would fail and we would
discover that the nylon had blackened with heat generated at the
connection. We tried switching to gold contacts, and it helped, but
the final solution was to hardwire (solder) the power leads to the
board.

So far my experience with the APP connectors is much better.

Mark  AD5SS