[Elecraft] bad choice: Anderson PowePole connectors

[Charles Harpole]

The Power Pole connectors on the K3 are a bad choice for this 
application.... why? :

1, require either a special crimper or solder.... no crimper, no luck.  No 
iron in the field, no luck.

2.  Break one of these puppies and if u live in 90% of the world where these 
things are not available, no luck....

3. No plug, in the field, u are into a serious kludge up for connecting 
power.

The most flexible 20 amp connector ever devised to WORK ANYWHERE, with 
banana pins, lugs, or bare wires, are BINDING POSTS.  These can work when 
there is no iron, no crimper, no banana pins, no lugs, ... all u need is a 
knife or even ur fingernail to strip the wire bare and screw it on !!!   And 
screw it on with YOUR STANDARD FINGERS.    I can buy binding posts at the 
Thailand 7-11.

Of course, binding posts are not so attractive on the back of a rig, so 
maybe use the other industry standard used on ALL OTHER RIGS IN THE 
WORLD.... the Molex 6-pin.  This one is not available all over the world, 
but sure is more available than the Anderson thingys.

ARRL's idea to standardize on Anderson is similarily a mistake... and their 
idea is especially applied to emergency comm... the very place where weird 
fixtures are another disaster.

But, one mistake does not make a bad rig, and please keep my order for a K3 
active!!!!!

PS, Astron should listen to this message too, ... on of my Astrons has 
stupid banana socket, but at least it will take a butch bare wire too even 
tho u need a vy small flat blade screwdriver to attach  wires to it.  What r 
they thinking???.

73

Charles Harpole, HS0ZCW
k4vud at hotmail.com

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