[Elecraft] Alternatives to PowerPoles?

David Ferrington, M0XDF M0XDF at Alphadene.co.uk
Mon Apr 7 05:25:59 EDT 2008


Yes, and not very good for multiple connects or flexing - the molex  
type on my Ft-857 went intermittent.
After some deliberation, I cut it off and replaced with APP.
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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On 7 Apr 2008, at 04:07, N2EY at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 4/6/08 11:00:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> k4vud at hotmail.com writes:
>
>
>> APPs are bad design, bad technology, just bad.... why?
>
> What would you use instead? Particularly given the desire for a  
> genderless
> connector that can carry considerable current (20+ Amps)?
>
> Not trying to argue, just wondering about alternatives. Ten Tec and  
> some
> others use Molex but they're not genderless, they're one-use, etc.



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