[Elecraft] bad choice: Anderson PowePole connectors

[Phil Kane]

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:44:08 +0000, Charles Harpole wrote:

>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.

  Our ARES group has standardized on the Anderson PPs and they
  have been installed on all equipment used by our members.
  Every piece of 12V equipment in our EOCs and served-agency
  installations (including transportable back up equipment) has
  them.  If the particular equipment has some "native" connector
  other than APP, we construct the necessary adapter which
  becomes part of that device,  All equipment is standardized
  with compatible power and antenna connections.

  I'm one of the "equipment marshals" who helps other members
  with getting their gear to the standard configuration. I keep a
  toolbox with the necessary wire and tools (wire cutters,
  strippers, crimpers) and connectors to construct adapters and
  extensions and do repairs "on the fly", and it deploys with me.

  We have found through frequent exercises, both training and real
  world, that our major need is for people to work shifts, not
  for equipment brought in from outside.

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   73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
   Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

   Member, Washington County, OR
   Emergency Communications Team
   for ARES/RACES and HEARTNET