A good source for these is L-Com. I buy cables
twice as long as I need and cut them in half to
get a bare end (for a non-DIN connector).
The original problem with the band data connector
for the Yaesu rig is that it uses the alternate
version of the 8 pin connector. The connector
itself is a little hard to find, and I've never
seen cables with it (except to buy a Yaesu band
data to linear cable).
Rick N6RK
Pat Barthelow wrote:
> I wonder if there are any vendors that supply various DIN and other style
> connectors, wired up, on one end and having raw tails, that can be soldered
> to more easily. Or perhaps complete cables, soldered, with the good molded
> stress reliefs, etc that are double ended, so that you could buy a 4 footer
> double ended DIN , chop in in half and put the particular connector needed
> on the raw end.
>
> All the Best, 73,
> Pat Barthelow aa6eg@hotmail.com
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>> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:48:59 -0600
>> From: johnb3030@comcast.net
>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] DIN Connectors You Can't Solder To
>>
>> I've been following this thread with interest since I need to buy an 8
>> pin DIN connector myself for the band data connector of my FT-1000.
>>
>> I notice in Jameco's catalog that they now have many products available
>> in both conventional and "RoHS compliant" versions, and this includes
>> DIN connectors. I will certainly NOT be ordering an RoHS compliant DIN
>> connector.
>>
>> It seems obvious that the design of the DIN plugs is such that they are
>> surely intended to be hand soldered. That raises the question of what
>> the manufacturers of the RoHS compliant version are doing to ensure that
>> this is possible. There must be a type of wire solder and flux that is
>> RoHS compliant. Otherwise why make an RoHS compliant connector which
>> requires hand soldering? What solder and flux should be used?
>>
>> I'm also wondering in the case of the original poster, who received
>> unsolderable connectors with some ICE filters, if it is possible that
>> ICE obtained their connectors from the least expensive source possible,
>> and if that source was possibly some off-brand third world vendor who
>> wasn't terribly interested in quality control. Is this an isolated
>> problem or one which many have experienced?
>>
>> Does anyone know who actually makes DIN connectors?
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> John, K9MM
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