[Elecraft] Anderson Power Pole Turtotial and Tool Suggestion

[Gary Hinson]

> I bought the ratcheting crimper from Powerwerx, slightly 
> cheaper than West
> Mountain Radio and no worry about bad crimps.

I just replaced the Power Poles that I had messed up on my first attempt by
*slightly* squishing the sleeve with pliers (just to hold the wire, I
thought) and letting too much solder flow onto the blade part.  No matter
how hard I pushed the wires, the connectors refused to snap into place in
the shells.  Scraping off the excess solder didn't seem to help.  I pushed
so hard with pliers that the wire and insulation started to bulge, making
the problem worse not better.

I should have followed the instructions more carefully!  

Second time around after cutting off the first attempt, I just pushed  the
wire home in the connector sleeve, held the fitting vertically in a bench
vice and carefully soldered into the sleeve part, with no attempt to crimp
or squish it first.  The wire fits quite snugly into the sleeve so that the
soldered joint seems plenty strong enough, probably stronger than the Power
Pole to Power Pole connections anyway.  Time will tell!  This time, the
connectors easily pushed into the shells and snapped right into place as
intended.  Job done.

73
Gary  ZL2iFB

PS  For other ZL builders: Jaycar Electronics sells 30A and bigger Power
Pole clones for about NZ$5 a pair but the packets don't currently include
the little pin that locks the red and black shells together.  I guess you
could superglue them instead.