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Subject: Re: Anderson Power Poles
From: "Spider" <spider@rivcom.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 08:11:53 -0700
X-Message-Number: 8
----- Original Message -----
From: "David VanHorn" <dvanhorn@cedar.net>
To: "TAPR APRS Special Interest Group" <aprssig@lists.tapr.org>
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 9:49 PM
Subject: [aprssig] Re: Anderson Power Poles
>If this is so far OT, why does it keep coming up?
>AFAIK, all our radios have power connectors, and most of us seem to have
>at least some interest in field day, and emergency service.
Actually, some of this thread was planned and intentional. If it stirred
some blood, good! If it made some one question whether they were really
prepared to handle any given power installation, good. If they improved
their situation and become better prepared, that's the idea! If they
questioned whether they could do a western union splice (pretty much a
standard of standards), that's good too!
Obviously, ego's came out of the woodwork....that is typical. One thing
that is being shared in the Citizens Corps Councils and the Medical Reserve
Corps (i.e., Okalahoma Bombing) is those ego's do not need to be there in a
disaster and it would be better for those people who have this ego problem
to stay home. When you show up to a disaster scene as a volunteer, you
suddenly find out that you are not in charge and someone else is going to be
giving you orders.
The fellow who was the main guy in charge during the MRC is now traveling
the country with FEMA preaching this.
So, with that said, if you think you are prepared, think again. If you
think these APP products are the answer, think again. Proving your
preparedness to yourself is a good way to find out if you are prepared.
Test yourself and your equipment. Find out for yourself if you can run your
wires from the engine compartment to inside the vehicle. Find out where and
how you are going to find power and connect to it....think about it.
Jim, WA6OFT
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Subject: APP Sources
From: "JBCrafts" <jbcraft@adelphia.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 11:51:19 -0400
X-Message-Number: 9
IN AN EXTREME PINCH, I have found APP at Hughes-Peters... an industrial
parts/electronics house in Cincinnati and Columbus... I say EXTREME pinch
because they cost almost as much to order over the phone and have then next
day by FedEx..
FYI, I picked up the 50A housing at the Hamvention, they were cut off ends,
but had the pins and the grey housing. I pull the pins out and take a drill
and drill out the crimped wire and reuse...
Bob K8YS
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Subject: MIM Information ??
From: Richard Garcia <k4gps@bellsouth.net>
Date: 18 Oct 2003 12:24:14 -0400
X-Message-Number: 10
A friend of mine has a MIM that he never put to use. He is now
interested in getting into APRS again. I have not heard anything about
the MIM in years and I know they are no longer produced. Is there any
web page out there still that has info on the MIM, I do not believe he
has the documentation any longer.
Rich
K4GPS
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Subject: RE: APP Sources
From: "Scott Miller" <scott@3xf.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 09:39:04 -0700
X-Message-Number: 11
I've been able to acquire a number of the 75A connectors at work - we've got
a ton of APC UPS units and the batteries use an APP for their connection.
They've got a 'Disconnect Use Only' warning molded in, but I think that's
just to indicate that you're not supposed to plug in expansion batteries
there.
Scott
N1VG
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Subject: PSR deadline approaching quickly
From: Stan Horzepa <stanzepa@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 16:26:53 -0400
X-Message-Number: 13
Just a reminder that the deadline for the next issue of Packet Status
Register (PSR), TAPR's quarterly newsletter, is next weekend, so please get
your items for publication to the PSR editor as soon as you can.
Thanks much,
Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
PSR Editor
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Subject: RE: Balloon Information
From: "Doug Younker" <dougy@ruraltel.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 11:51:10 -0500
X-Message-Number: 14
Also there is a balloons-rockets mail list hosted at www.qth.net
73
Doug, N0LKK
dougy@ruraltel.net
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Subject: Re: Power Pole Assembly
From: "Doug Younker" <dougy@ruraltel.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 12:11:02 -0500
X-Message-Number: 15
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wes Johnston" <wes@johnston.net>
To: "TAPR APRS Special Interest Group" <aprssig@lists.tapr.org>
Cc: <aprssig@tapr.org>
: Just to contribute my bit 'o noise to the thread... a pair of power poles
: w/ LED and resistor to indicate polarity is a good idea to keep in junk,
: err jump box. Cigarette lighter with 12ga wire and power pole is a life
: saver, ring lugs and power pole on a short length of wire are another way
: to get power... most cases it is possible to run a wire along side of
: engine compartment out behind the back of hood (near windshield), over to
: the passenger door and in via the rubber seal on door. (watch out for
: wire pinch hazard around the hinges)
Yea; building a simple instrument to verify polarity is in my plans no
matter what standard is used. Risking preaching to the choir; a fuse
between the standard connector and equipment is an additional "fail safe".
This would be in addition to the fuse near where the cable connects to the
power source if that cable in snaking through hood and door openings.--73
Doug, N0LKK
dougy@ruraltel.net
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Subject: Re: Power Pole Assembly
From: Randy Allen <ka0azs@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 22:37:59 -0400
X-Message-Number: 16
>Yea; building a simple instrument to verify polarity is in my plans no
>matter what standard is used.
I've already built a couple that I have in my various tool kits and
ready bags
allelectronics.com sells bi-polar LED 's that light as green with one
polarity, and red with reversed. They need a resistor (I used 270 Ohm)
in line (I put it on the positive lead) to keep from blowing the LED.
Solder the leads into power pole terminals and install in the housings.
I used hot melt glue in the lead end to improve mechanical strength.
Work great. Plug one into a power lead, if no light, no power, if
light, green for "good" (red positive, black negative) and red for "bad"
(reversed polarity)
--
Randy Allen, KAĜAZS
EC, Montgomery CO Ohio
OH Dist. 3 ARES Web Page:
http://www.qsl.net/ohd3ares/
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