[WARC] Power Pole Transition - Winona Amateur Radio Club Project

[Len Litvan]

The Winona Amateur Radio Club is offering pre-packaged kits of Anderson =

Power Pole connectors for sale to area hams at very affordable prices.  =

Kits for 15 amp, 30 amp or 45 amp size connectors are available as well =

as a set of general-purpose cables/adapters and one of the commercially =

available Power Pole crimp tools.

Power Pole and other components are provided essentially at cost by APRS =

World LLC, with Russ N0QK providing a gift of Molex connectors for some =

Molex to Power Pole adapters which are part of the cable set.  Assembly =

and kit packaging are being provided by club volunteers at no cost.

The Power Pole materials are offered to all area licensed hams--persons =

need not be a member of the Winona Amateur Radio Club to take advantage =

of this project.  Details and order forms are available on the club =

website, www.w0ne.org <http://www.w0ne.org> .  The items will be =

available for order up through September 19, 2008 and available for pick =

up shortly thereafter.

The club is sponsoring this project in support of the adoption of =

Anderson Power Poles as the preferred ARES connector including adoption =

by surrounding ham radio groups.  All amateurs interested in emergency =

communications should consider taking advantage of the project to make =

the transition to Power Poles.  Some advantages of Power Poles vs. Molex =

connectors in addition to ARES adoption include higher current capacity, =

genderless, higher insertion life, better contact wiping action, =

compact, and greater versatility (multi-wire configurable).

Pricing and other details are on the order forms available through the =

website.  Please visit the website at  www.w0ne.org =

<http://www.w0ne.org> and place your order soon!

73,
Len  KC0RSX

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