[Elecraft] Astron VS-35M Powwer Supply V-

[Don Wilhelm]

John and all,

You can splice a short (3 to 4 inches) length of #12 wire to the #8 or 
#10 wire and it will not have negligible voltage drop due to the short 
length.
Make certain you have a good tight connection at the splice point.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 4/11/2018 12:02 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> My 70amp Astron has 1/4" lugs and they seem to make a secure connection.
> Do to my longer lead length (power supply on floor) I used 8ga wire. This
> was difficult to stuff into the K3S sized PowerPole. Even with the shorter
> leads that I use on contest expeditions along with a switching power
> supply I found that I need 10ga wire to keep the voltage above 13.5 on TX.
> I think that larger PowerPoles or studs would have been nicer for those
> interested in keeping the K3S voltage in the desirable range. Double as
> Joe suggested would also work if you wanted to run two sets of wires.