That was the point. The other point was -- How hard is it to build a power pole connector, put it together properly, and LABEL the darn thing to avoid disasters like plugging a 24v supply into a 12v radio? :-)
Grant/NQ5T On Jun 28, 2010, at 10:38 AM, Tom W8JI wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grant Youngman" <[email protected]> > To: "Elecraft Email" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 10:29 AM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Power Poles... >> It would also be simple enough for the manufacturers to solve the polarity >> problem by using a bridge rectifier at the power input, although that has a >> definite downside as well. >> > > It sure does have a downside. The 1.4 volts drop would seriously hurt the > maximum low-distortion power output. 13.8 volts is bad enough for clean SSB > at the 100 watt level. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
