[TowerTalk] DIN to coax connector?

Jim Miller jim at jtmiller.com
Sun Sep 4 17:16:42 EDT 2016


Most use a DIN which presents as a female. On cell sites they feed thru the
hardline thru a big grommet and the female acts as if it was a bulkhead
connector.

>From there you attach a pigtail with a DIN male on one end and the other
end the connector of your choice.

73

jim ab3cv

On Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Chris Hoelzle <choelzle at cox.net> wrote:

> I have never used 7/16 DIN connectors. It seems impossible to find an
> adapter to go from 7/16 DIN to UHF. As hams, we need to plug into our rigs
> and antennas with UHF connectors - How do you jump the gap??
>
> NN6CH
> Chris Hoelzle
> choelzle at cox.net
> Laguna Niguel, CA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Steve
> Maki
> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2016 8:34 AM
> To: towertalk
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] DIN to coax connector?
>
> On 9/2/2016 0:33 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
>
> >> I've been gradually converting to all DINs everywhere that it's
> >> reasonable.
>
> > 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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