[TowerTalk] DIN to coax connector?

[john at kk9a.com]

It is awesome to have commercial tower people on towertalk.  K8LX has a
very impressive antenna farm.  Thanks for all of your towertalk input
Steve!

John KK9A

-Steve K8LX
from [Steve Maki]	[Permanent Link][Original]
To:	towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject:	Re: [TowerTalk] DIN to coax connector?
From:	Steve Maki <lists at oakcom.org>
Date:	Sun, 4 Sep 2016 11:33:56 -0400

>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