Depending on the install, I've taken like 6 or 8 inches off the radio cord 
to put the power poles on and connect to the power supply, but with Kenwood 
cabling, the fuses are close to the end, so pretty much a short run of #12 
or 10 wire works. I have #8 to my distribution block here in the house, but 
for my go kit where I used like 8 inches of a power cord, it's just $10 wire 
and that's got me through special events with no problems. That's a 23 amp 
supply and I actually keep a spare run of about a foot of #10 wire with 
power poles on 1 end in case I need to use another person's power supply for 
something. They're easy to put on with the right tool, a little harder with 
out but not impossible. I can swap any of my equipment out because of those 
power poles, my mobile, stuff here in the house, go kit, all of it.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christy Schulte" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: questions about emergency power


> Thanks. Just another question, how difficult are the power poles to 
> connect?
> and, totally stupid question here, what kind of wire would you get for
> running from the power supply, either portable or standard, to the pole?
> I've never done any of my own wiring, just getting the radio hooked up to
> the power supply was an accomplishment, but I do want to learn. Now if I
> could find one of these jump pack supplies...
> Thanks for the help, as usual.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of John Miller
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 8:38 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: questions about emergency power
>
>
> I use the Anderson power poles, they go on the end of the wire that comes
> bare, then you'd make up another short run to go from the power supply and
> plug the radio in to it, that way you can swap out radios easy. I use them
> on everything. As for emergency power, I do use a jump pack for a car. It
> has huge alligator clips and I was just making a short run of wire with
> power poles on 1 end and bare wires on the other end, the bare wires go in
> the clamps and I just plug in to the power poles to power the radio. Now
> though, I put another plug on the side of the jump pack so no bare wires 
> or
> anything now and it works well. I've run it at special events and stuff 
> for
> many hours. I can even run my HF radio for a long time on it depending on
> how much talking I do.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christy Schulte" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 8:11 PM
> Subject: questions about emergency power
>
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I have two sort of related questions. I'm looking into setting up some
>> kind
>> of emergency power source for my kenwood 707, mostly for monitoring
>> weather
>> nets but also in case of other emergencies and loss of power. My asking
>> around and research has left me wondering a couple of things. Many people
>> especially with ARES have been talking about something called anderson
>> power
>> poles. What are these, and how do they relate to what I'm already 
>> running?
>> Current setup is a DC cable running from the radio, and the ends of the
>> wire
>> threaded through terminals on the power supply, as many of you will
>> probably
>> remember from earlier posts. Secondly, have any of you had experience
>> using
>> portable power supplies, sometimes called car starters, for emergency
>> backup
>> of low powered VHF equipment? Someone mentioned this as a possibility,
>> since
>> they are less expensive than, and outgas much less than, the typical car
>> battery or marine battery setup. The only thing I'm not sure of is if
>> these
>> come with the same kinds of terminals that you'd find on a normal power
>> supply, or if I need to get some kind of special accessory, and then how
>> to
>> get that accessory interfaced with what I have. Thoughts, suggestions?
>> Keeping in mind, I'm in an apartment, so space, ventalation and so forth
>> is
>> very limited.
>>
>> Christy
>>
>>
>>
>>
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