Winner? - Powerpole Distribution Box Wrap-Up

[@Pounder480]

I was looking for this information and suddenly it appeared here! Very useful!

[@temporarilyoffline]

Glad it was helpful!

[@DonzLockz]

Its nice that everyone is a winner! Sort of like a participation award.😄

[@temporarilyoffline]

Dr Spock would be proud.

[@robertmeyer4744]

I have a few of them. must have. I mounted the west mountain radio one on one of my portable battery box. I even got one with the bigger PP75 input power poles. better for heaver loads . 73;s

[@temporarilyoffline]

I have a PP75 to install here... that's gonna be a cable haul!

[@mikefahmie7506]

I just purchased an MFJ-1124. I did some testing and found that, although the 6 ft. cable is a hefty gauge (#8 awg), it's resistance is about the same as #12 awg Copper. I suspect that it is Copper Clad Aluminum (CCA) instead of real Copper. If you run it at the full advertised rating, 40A, it would lose over 3/4 volt and dissipate about 30 watts of heat. I immediately replaced their cable with real #8 copper and the voltage drop fell to less than 1/3 volt and 12 watts of heat. Inside, the voltage drops are negligible and are mainly due to the unavoidable fuse resistances. Some reviews have mentioned poor soldering, but mine appears OK.

[@temporarilyoffline]

Thanks for the info!

[@Dennis-tf2cs]

You really have to watch out for that CCA crap from China. You'll end up with a fire or other damage :( Sad we can't just make things in AMERICA .

[@FEPLabsRadio]

These things are great!

[@temporarilyoffline]

I haven't met one I didn't like!

[@nekotherion7317]

@@temporarilyoffline Even if they had a short or tried to burn your house down? :P jk

[@temporarilyoffline]

@@nekotherion7317 With all the trouble I've had in life... it would be just another adventure. ;-)

[@nekotherion7317]

Can always ham it forward if you buy one ya don't like. :)

[@temporarilyoffline]

You got that right!

[@JohnVK5JAK]

Another quick and informative video. The link to the MFJ-1124 shows a distribution box but without the beefy input leads. Is that a 'changed' version of the one in the video?

[@temporarilyoffline]

It looks like they copied the low res pictures off of MFJ's website to Amazon. There doesn't seem to be any other provision for power input, so I'd say it was just a "display model".

[@JohnVK5JAK]

@@temporarilyoffline Here's one we prepared earlier...

[@DonDegidio]

Hi Steve, Can't go wrong with any of them. Did you replace your coax yet? Stay safe. 73 WJ3U

[@temporarilyoffline]

I did! More videos to make than days in the week my friend!

[@victorcharlie7491]

Cool vid, is it time for the shortwave radio 11 yr cycle to start booming yet?

[@temporarilyoffline]

We are on the upswing of that cycle now. It "feels" like its getting better, although that could just be spring /shrug

[@CapeCodCNC]

So I said..... Honey TO said I can get a FT-DX101MP HF/50MHz 200W SDR MAX to upgrade my 6100....... Hey TO... she said here's your upgrade and threw 2 soup cans and string at me

[@temporarilyoffline]

I don't see the problem. Seems like a perfectly reasonable upgrade to me???

[@CapeCodCNC]

@@temporarilyoffline Just a bit short on range however

[@temporarilyoffline]

Yeah, you might need to get an amp to go with it.

[@CapeCodCNC]

@@temporarilyoffline ya but string amps are on terminal back order

[@temporarilyoffline]

@@CapeCodCNC we gonna have to build our own son