[TowerTalk] DIN Connectors You Can't Solder To

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

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.
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>> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:48:59 -0600
>> From: johnb3030 at comcast.net
>> To: towertalk at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] DIN Connectors You Can't Solder To
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>> 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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