Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] Flex 6500 Power Connector
If you are buying a crimper, look at Powerwerx. You can change out the dies, which you cannot do with the crimper from West Mountain. At least if other dies are available for the WM crimper, I have never found them. On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Ray, K9DUR k9...@rnacs.com wrote: Bill, 10 AWG is not snug if you get PowerPole connectors with the 45 Amp contacts instead of the normal 30 Amp contacts. Anderson makes 3 sizes of contacts to fit the same housing: 15 Amp, 30 Amp, 45 Amp. The 15 Amp contacts are great for the smaller wire used by many accessories. The 30 Amp contacts are good for your typical VHF/UHF mobile rig, while the 45 Amp contacts are the cat's meow for your HF rig. West Mountain Radio sells all 3 sizes. You are dead on about buying the good crimpers. They are about $50 (last time I looked), but worth EVERY penny. 73, Ray, K9DUR http://k9dur.info ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- I can explain it for you, but I can't comprehend it for you. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] Flex 6500 Power Connector
That's good to know. I knew the dies were removable on the West Mountain but I never could find the die set. On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 1:01 PM, kq...@verizon.net wrote: When I bought the crimper from West Mountain radio, they had replaceable dies, and I bought the entire set. The other die sets are still listed under Accessories for the crimp tool. 73, Jim KQ6EA On 03/07/13, William H. Fiteomni...@gmail.com wrote: If you are buying a crimper, look at Powerwerx. You can change out the dies, which you cannot do with the crimper from West Mountain. At least if other dies are available for the WM crimper, I have never found them. On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Ray, K9DUR k9...@rnacs.com wrote: Bill, 10 AWG is not snug if you get PowerPole connectors with the 45 Amp contacts instead of the normal 30 Amp contacts. Anderson makes 3 sizes of contacts to fit the same housing: 15 Amp, 30 Amp, 45 Amp. The 15 Amp contacts are great for the smaller wire used by many accessories. The 30 Amp contacts are good for your typical VHF/UHF mobile rig, while the 45 Amp contacts are the cat's meow for your HF rig. West Mountain Radio sells all 3 sizes. You are dead on about buying the good crimpers. They are about $50 (last time I looked), but worth EVERY penny. 73, Ray, K9DUR http://k9dur.info ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- I can explain it for you, but I can't comprehend it for you. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ -- I can explain it for you, but I can't comprehend it for you. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] Flex 6500 Power Connector
Greg and Dave, 14AWG? Isn't this going to be a 100W rig? Don't most 100W rigs draw 20-25 amps on peaks? Won't the wire heat up due to the resistance? I would consider 10 AWG. It will fit the 30A PowerPoles snug but it works great. Another thing, don't try to use the cheap crimpers, they cannot crimp the connection good enough. Either buy the purpose built type or solder them on(be sure to keep the flux off the contacts too). This will insure you have a good, low resistance connection between your PSU and your new Flex Rig. Here's a website to calculate the voltage drop of the wire (remember, you have to count the length of the positive and the negative path). http://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm Another thing, be careful of some of the 10AWG wire being sold on EBay, Amazon and some other websites, it's more like 11 AWG. 73 from, Bill Dau, N9OE -Original Message- From: Flexedge [mailto:flexedge-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Greg Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 4:51 PM To: David Kjellquist Cc: flexe...@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Flex 6500 Power Connector Dave I would think it would come with an appropriate power cable. But if you need to I will be glad to make 1 for you if you send me some wire. 73 Greg On Mar 5, 2013 2:07 PM, David Kjellquist d...@kjellquist.com wrote: Flex 6500 Power connector question? I already have an Astron power supply with continuous 25 amp capability but i haven't used Powerpole connectors before. What do I need for mating the a Flex 6500? Dave, WB5NHL __**_ Flexedge mailing list flexe...@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexedge_**flex-radio.bi zhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other technical SDR topics. ___ Flexedge mailing list flexe...@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other technical SDR topics. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] Flex 6500 Power Connector
Tnx Bill. I have the power pole crimpers. On Mar 5, 2013 7:12 PM, Bill Dau, N9OE n...@comcast.net wrote: Greg and Dave, 14AWG? Isn't this going to be a 100W rig? Don't most 100W rigs draw 20-25 amps on peaks? Won't the wire heat up due to the resistance? I would consider 10 AWG. It will fit the 30A PowerPoles snug but it works great. Another thing, don't try to use the cheap crimpers, they cannot crimp the connection good enough. Either buy the purpose built type or solder them on(be sure to keep the flux off the contacts too). This will insure you have a good, low resistance connection between your PSU and your new Flex Rig. Here's a website to calculate the voltage drop of the wire (remember, you have to count the length of the positive and the negative path). http://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm Another thing, be careful of some of the 10AWG wire being sold on EBay, Amazon and some other websites, it's more like 11 AWG. 73 from, Bill Dau, N9OE -Original Message- From: Flexedge [mailto:flexedge-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Greg Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 4:51 PM To: David Kjellquist Cc: flexe...@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Flex 6500 Power Connector Dave I would think it would come with an appropriate power cable. But if you need to I will be glad to make 1 for you if you send me some wire. 73 Greg On Mar 5, 2013 2:07 PM, David Kjellquist d...@kjellquist.com wrote: Flex 6500 Power connector question? I already have an Astron power supply with continuous 25 amp capability but i haven't used Powerpole connectors before. What do I need for mating the a Flex 6500? Dave, WB5NHL __**_ Flexedge mailing list flexe...@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/**mailman/listinfo/flexedge_**flex-radio.bi zhttp://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other technical SDR topics. ___ Flexedge mailing list flexe...@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other technical SDR topics. ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] Flex 6500 Power Connector
Bill, 10 AWG is not snug if you get PowerPole connectors with the 45 Amp contacts instead of the normal 30 Amp contacts. Anderson makes 3 sizes of contacts to fit the same housing: 15 Amp, 30 Amp, 45 Amp. The 15 Amp contacts are great for the smaller wire used by many accessories. The 30 Amp contacts are good for your typical VHF/UHF mobile rig, while the 45 Amp contacts are the cat's meow for your HF rig. West Mountain Radio sells all 3 sizes. You are dead on about buying the good crimpers. They are about $50 (last time I looked), but worth EVERY penny. 73, Ray, K9DUR http://k9dur.info ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [FlexEdge] Flex 6500 Power Connector
Bill, Greg, Ray, If Flex provides the connector and wire, with my 6700 when it gets here it should be sized correctly. I would opt as I have before on my 5000C to connect it direct to my Power Supply Ken W9IE Bill, 10 AWG is not snug if you get PowerPole connectors with the 45 Amp contacts instead of the normal 30 Amp contacts. Anderson makes 3 sizes of contacts to fit the same housing: 15 Amp, 30 Amp, 45 Amp. The 15 Amp contacts are great for the smaller wire used by many accessories. The 30 Amp contacts are good for your typical VHF/UHF mobile rig, while the 45 Amp contacts are the cat's meow for your HF rig. West Mountain Radio sells all 3 sizes. You are dead on about buying the good crimpers. They are about $50 (last time I looked), but worth EVERY penny. 73, Ray, K9DUR http://k9dur.info ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
