> The old TenTec attachments > were not as sexy as these PowerPoles but I felt they had more heft > and I didn't feel concern that someday the internal soldering would > come loose from repeated motion as the rig is located from one site > to another.
Interesting. At least on the newer T-T rigs, the power connectors have been a source of loud and continuous gnashing of teeth for many. If one uses the proper crimp tool on the PowerPoles AND flows solder into the crimped joint (sort of like wearing both a belt and suspenders), nothing much should come loose with a whole lot of wiggling about. I don't have a love affair with Anderson connectors, but I use them on all the DC distribution in my station, and have yet to have any sort of problem. Perhaps we could convince Elecraft to put big split bolts on the radio for power connections. That would also have the side effect of requiring a larger cabinet with space for more knobs, which would please a lot of folks, too :-) Grant/NQ5T _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
