Someone previously wrote: "Some of Elecraft's customers are faced with having to spend $50 for a tool to use only one time? Why?", although they have a choice to do it either way. Why do you say that? Elecraft does not require them to use a crimp tool.
I purchased the cheapo crimper years ago along with Westmountain Radio's, RigRunner. I then commenced to destroy a number of APP connections... so I purchased the $50 model. If you are going to crimp APP's, this is the best approach. Of course I have rediscovered my affection for flying radio controlled model aircraft and that hobby is very quickly adopting the Anderson Power Pole connectors as a standard. So I get a lot of use out of the expensive APP crimper now and sleep better knowing that one of my expensive models might be more apt to stay the course up there with good connectors, well-connected. I may have overlooked it in this thread, but I don't recall that anyone has mentioned that one could also *borrow* the "best" crimper from a local ham club member. Remember when we used to borrow tools and test equipment? 73, Terry, WØFM _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] 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
