[Elecraft] bad choice: Anderson PowePole connectors

[W2AGN]

Craig Rairdin wrote:
>> The Power Pole connectors on the K3 are a bad choice for this 
>> application.... why? :
> 
> I've never understood the fascination with these connectors. They seem
> rather flakey and cheap to me. You don't always get a solid connection. They
> move around too much especially with a heavy-conductor wire hanging off
> them. If you're going to depend on a friction fit, then give the thing some
> friction.
> 
> Craig
> NZ0R
> 

Tha main reason they have become "standard" is that the ARRL (ARES) declared
them so, so all the good little sheep follow.


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