I did not say the Power Poles are bad... they are likely superior in some
ways to other connectors, but my point, which so many missed, is the same as
the theory of "installed base" whereby one item becomes the de facto
standard sometimes regardless of its rating as best or not.
For examples, see the computer evolution where the Divorak keyboard could
have been adopted and increased typing input speed by 5 to 20 %.... if only
adopted at the beginning. Instead, we have the QWERTY which was set up on
manual typerwriters to SLOW DOWN the typist.
As a high paid consultant, in my dreams, I can increase the speed of word
data input by about 15% with retraining of the typists.... tell that to
industry... they should grab it, but the rule of installed base kept the
QWERTY and we are cursed with it.
For my K3, I will just make the Power Poles that come with the unit... they
do come with, don't they?.... as a permanently attached item with a short
pig tail that I then put on a more well-established connector style that
fits my other rigs and that I can easily purchase here in Asia.
Charles Harpole, HS0ZCW
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