[Elecraft] 8 AWG adapter

[Tom Hammond]

Hi Windy:

>Those short #10 pigtails need to be very flexible. You can go to a car
>audio shop and by extremely flexible wire by the foot. If it almost
>fits the connector, snip off a few strands.
>
>The stuff I got is "speaker cable" but I use it for power leads. Very
>nice.

I used a 4"-6" length of #10 RED-BLK power cable (from somewhere unknown)
which was quite flexible and worked great.  And all(!) of the wire strands
fit nicely into the trough of the 45A connector.

I used the West Mountain Radio crimper and it did a really nice job on the
45A (and other sizes) of connector. It would probably have choked had I
tried to use it on #10 solid copper and possibly on hard-drawn copper, just
Like Tim, KA0OUV, noted.  I've not broken any dies... yet!  <G>

73,

Tom Hammond   N0SS