[TowerTalk] Long Term Connector Reliability Re: TowerTalk Digest, Vol

Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Mon Jul 25 14:41:15 EDT 2022


On 7/25/2022 11:26 AM, Charles Gallo (KG2V) wrote:
> I'd say the way to actually go, if we are going to push for a change is 
> probably 4.3/10 DIN connectors - go where the RF industry has gone for 
> 1/2 foam coax (7/16 is just too large, but DOES have the advantage of 
> being readily available surplus)

Who wants to push for a change?  Those DINs are BIG so burn lots of 
panel real estate, and expensive. Their broad use is in commercial 
systems that run at high UHF. At 2M and below, I could care less. I'm an 
ENGINEER who understands transmission lines, not a lab rat who doesn't.

73, Jim K9YC


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