[Elecraft] K3 and Power Poles

[Don Wilhelm]

One of the reasons some have trouble with APP connectors is that they 
have not been properly assembled.
If you look at the end of an APP and can see the spring finger as well 
as the contact blade, it has not been properly assembled.  Give the 
contact blade a push from the wire side until the contact blade locks 
over the spring finger.
If it will not lock, there may be solder on the contact blade preventing 
it from being fully inserted - remove the contact blade and either cut 
off the solder with a sharp knife or replace the contact blade.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/13/2016 9:29 AM, Detrick Merz wrote:
> I have the same experience as Ken (dragging gear around by the power
> cords), but I know of others who seem to have trouble getting PP connectors
> to stay stuck. It would be interesting to find out why they seem so solid
> for some people, and so unreliable for others.
>
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