[TowerTalk] DIN to coax connector?

[Bob K6UJ]

Jim,

I looked at dins a while back, considered trying them but they were very 
expensive.
Maybe things have changed, can you recommend a supplier, and what kind 
of price for LMR600 dins ?

Bob
K6UJ


On 9/2/16 1:09 AM, Jim Thomson wrote:
> Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 21:33:37 -0700
> From: Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] DIN to coax connector?
>
> On Thu,9/1/2016 3:36 PM, Steve Maki wrote:
>> I've been gradually converting to all DINs everywhere that it's
>> reasonable.
> Why? Are all your systems at UHF?
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
> ##  7-16 dins are the bomb.  Andrew stopped making UHF connectors for
> 7/8 inch heliax years ago.  No way in hell would I invest in an N connector for
> the larger coax cables.   We used type N on several cell sites at the telco I worked
> at. Coffee mug sized connector..with this tiny puny pin, that is identical to a BNC
> pin.... on the end of a piece of 1.250 inch heliax.   The new standard is 7-16 dins,
> which at the time, were barely any more $ than a type N connector.
>
> ##  7-16 dins have a massive center pin, yet the chassis connector flange is only
> 1.25 inch x 1.25 inch, barely any bigger than the 1 x 1 inch flange on a UHF female
> chassis connector.
>
> ##  Type N is good till aprx 12 ghz.   7-16 dins are good to 6-7 ghz.... moot point.
>
> ##  On the 7/8 inch  and up cables, whether  heliax or stuff like LMR-1200DB, they only offer
> 2 types of connectors,  type N..and  7-16 DIN...pick one.   No brainer, use the Din.
>
> ##  I use  7-16 Dins on RG-393.  Dins will handle  a lot of peak V.  UHF connectors like
> PL-259 etc, are used in the shack only, and interconnections, etc.  Once it heads off outside,its
> dins only.  BNC is for 2m hand helds...and  type N is obsolete IMO.  Commercial world doesnt
> use type N anymore.
>
> Jim   VE7RF
>
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