[TowerTalk] DIN to coax connector?

[Bob K6UJ]

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 at 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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