OK thanks Jim
Bob
K6UJ
On 9/1/16 9:52 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
Yes, sort of, but you have to have seen one to recognize it. :) It's a
two-piece connector, and both connections are soldered to the part
that attaches to the cable. The second part screws onto the first part
after it's been soldered. In the photo in the link below
http://www.androsmfg.com/products/n-connector.html
The second part is at the center of the top of the photo, the first
part is right next to it on the left (with an integral hex nut to
facilitate tightening the two pieces. There are two solder holes for
the shield and one for the center conductor. Neither are visible in
the photo.
After studying their webpage, I think that their UHF and F connectors
are pretty conventional. But the N-connector is really something
special. I've used it with a cable having a #10 solid center and
shield diameter comparable to most RG8/213 and it fits quite nicely.
This company is basically a machine shop and was owned by a guy named
Andros who was a ham. I spoke with him on the phone roughly five years
ago when I found some of his connectors in the stash of an SK whose
stuff I was helping his XYL turn into cash. I bought at least a
dozen, maybe more, for my stash. A year or two ago, I called again
and his son was running the place. I didn't ask about his dad. I
should have. Names on the "contact us" page are different, so perhaps
the biz has changed hands.
73, Jim K9YC
On Thu,9/1/2016 5:10 PM, Bob K6UJ wrote:
I am interested in the Andros Manufacturing N and UHF connectors.
I checked out there website but cant find pictures of these
connectors to look at.
Do they have an online catalog that gives info and pics ?
Bob
K6UJ
On 9/1/16 3:36 PM, Steve Maki wrote:
On 9/1/2016 16:09 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
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
I've been gradually converting to all DINs everywhere that it's
reasonable. Female DINs on main lines which are 1-5/8", and male
DINs on the rotor loops and jumpers, which are Buryflex, LMR400, etc.
Male DINs for the braided coax are not cheap, but I recently
purchased some direct from China at around $12 each, and there was
no shipping charge. They are very good quality.
-Steve K8LX
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