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Re: [TowerTalk] DIN to coax connector?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] DIN to coax connector?
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 13:09:20 -0700
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On Thu,9/1/2016 11:31 AM, Hector Garcia,XE2K wrote:
work very well for what?  freq?  abuse?  is the standard connector for the Cell 
communication industryfor 7/8 is the best connector to use ( or any other 
bigger)

You're asking exactly the right questions, Hector.

On Thu,9/1/2016 12:25 PM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
I use UHF connectors when
attaching RG-213 to Heliax. If they are not available, and I have never
seen UHF AVA5 connectors, than I would use N.  Otherwise you will need an
adapter and I think those are typically DIN to N. N connectors are dirt
cheap and work well if properly installed.

I agree, John. UHF connectors are the best choice for use at all frequencies up to and including 6M. Also, when adapters are used, it's VERY important that they be of very good quality. I try to avoid adapters as much as possible, simply because good ones are expensive, and I have learned the hard way that cheap adapters are JUNK, and a source of problems that can be hard to track down.

I use mostly N-connectors on all of my hardline, simply because UHF connectors are available only for LDF4. Everything else in my station is UHF, either Amphenol or whatever Polyphaser uses on their arrestors and manufacturers use on their equipment. When I need to mate 0.4-in coax to an N connector, I use the excellent male N-connectors made by Andros Engineering. Try them once and you'll never go back. :)

http://www.androsmfg.com/products/n-connector.html

I see that they are now making F and UHF connectors. I need to look at them.

73, Jim K9YC

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