Far be it for me to argue with someone in the industry, but…
The DIN install videos I’ve seen suggest the centre conductor is soldered into
a shallow well inside the connector, almost the way a conductor would be
soldered to the well inside a chassis-mount SO-239. Considering the centre
conductor of a PL-259 passes through to the end of the connector and is
soldered there, with perhaps a greater degree of conductor-solder-connector
contact to grip the conductor, and given the crimp-and-solder style PL-259s
employ a similar clamping scheme to DINs, I’m just curious about the statement
regarding mechanical superiority.
It seems the centre conductor might be the weak link. Can you clarify, Steve?
As for the crimp-crimp style PL-259s, is there a valid reason the instrux
typically warn against soldering the centre conductor?
73, kelly, ve4xt,
> On Sep 4, 2016, at 10:33 AM, Steve Maki <lists@oakcom.org> wrote:
>
> On 9/2/2016 0:33 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
>
>>> I've been gradually converting to all DINs everywhere that it's
>>> reasonabl
>
>> Why? Are all your systems at UHF?
>
> No. In my business we use nothing but 7-16 DIN nowadays and it does not take
> long working with them (like 5 minutes) to realize how superior they are,
> even if just mechanically (at HF). And of course I have a good supply on
> hand, being in the biz.
>
> So when I ran all new hardline out to the towers a few years ago, it was an
> easy decision to switch to DINs on the main lines and on jumpers - at each
> end of the hardlines - to the point where I encounter a device with a UHF
> connector that is inconvenient to replace, like a wattmeter, balun, etc.
>
> -Steve K8LX
>
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