[TowerTalk] DIN to coax connector?

[Bob K6UJ]

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 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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