Hi Bob.

In a word, yes.  It's because you can't get even half of the ham community
to agree on what that plug should be--terminals that accept wire are
universal, and binding posts are almost universal.  That's why.

73, de Lou K2LKK

At 12:09 PM 1/9/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>Are you guys saying that power supplies have terminals instead of goof proof
>plugs?  If so , why!?
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 5:20 AM
>Subject: Re: QRP note
>
>
> > OK, what's with the terminals on the astron?  I'm curious because I had a
> > Kenwood supply once that was a switcher, I blew 2 of them up, and they had
> > terminals, I didn't like because I couldn't find loops for them for the
> > end
> > of the wire, the fasteners, nuts what ever those were, didn't come
> > completely off so I had to take big wire end loops and cut them to have a
> > u
> > shape instead of completely round,  are they the same on the Astron
> > switching supplies? I much prefer they come all the way off and have a
> > lock
> > washer to hold them tight.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 12:43 AM
> > Subject: Re: QRP note
> >
> >
> >> Hi John.
> >>
> >> I looked at the Astron as well.  The main reason I put it back and bought
> >> the MFJ supply was because I didn't like the type of terminals on the
> >> Astron.  They just looked a lot harder to work with than the MFJ, so I
> >> bought the MFJ instead.  Generally, I haven't had very good luck with
> >> most
> >> MFJ things I've bought, but so far the power supply has worked well.  So
> >> has my antenna analyzer.
> >>
> >> 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >>
> >

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