The 7-16 Din connectors are wonderful They are readily available for Heliax
and LMR 600 and larger cables. Ebay has plenty for Heliax and Times
Microwave Cable distributors have or can get them for LMR cables.
They are made for smaller cables like RG213 and LMR400 but harder to find.
After all of this, keep in mind that your equipment and antennas also need
to use these type of connectors. Otherwise you are just throwing your money
away by using them elsewhere, unless you find a really good deal on them.
The 7-16 DIN connectors use a similar procedure to install as the N type
on the LMR and Heliax cables..
73,
Gerald K5GW
In a message dated 4/21/2010 2:15:33 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net writes:
Jim Miller wrote:
> In the current discussion of N/UHF connectors the 7-16DIN was
> mentioned and I googled it to see what it was all about.
>
> Is this popular outside of the US?
>
> What improvements does it have over the N?
>
Better fit, better construction, more rugged, higher ratings to higher
frequencies, and just generally better all the way around. I under
stand the cell and cable companies are standardizing on them (for other
than the 75 ohm hard line) so with the large market the price *should*
be coming down and the availability going up. They kinds look like an N
connector on steroids, but they really are much better. As Hector said,
they are the ones the big boys are using.
73
Roger (K8RI)
> Is it available for sale in the US? I wasn't able to find it at the
> usual Ham outlets.
>
> tnx
> jim ab3cv
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