We all know that they are available. But, this is the way out to get the type acceptance. The FCC is all lawyers with no technical people on staff.
73 Glenn WB4UIV At 09:27 PM 3/3/2010, you wrote: >Actually, RP-type (RP-SMA, RP-TNC, etc.) connectors are very easily >available to the general public. > >wlan-parts.com >oddcables.com > >etc, etc, etc. > >-Brian / KF4ZWZ > >On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Glenn Little WB4UIV ><[email protected]> wrote: > > Reverse threaded connectors are used to get a piece of equipment past > > FCC type acceptance. > > The type acceptance paper work specifies the antenna that is used for > > acceptance. > > Any other antenna voids the type acceptance. > > > > Since reverse threaded connectors are not available to the general > > public, the FCC bought off on this to prevent the antenna from > being changed. > > > > Another trick that is used is a connector with the wrong sex center > > conductor pin. > > > > 73 > > Glenn > > WB4UIV > > > > > > At 06:08 PM 3/3/2010, you wrote: > >>Hey guys, > >>I was wondering if you all would entertain two questions that I have. > >> > >>First, what is the purpose/use of reverse polarity coax connectors > >>such as SMA and TNC? I assume there are others but those are the > >>ones I have seen. > >> > >>Secondly, I ran across something regarding using small diameter > >>heliax in a mobile environment. I had never heard of that before and > >>it seemed like it would be prone to vibration problems. I am > >>probably wrong though. Anyone care to shed some light on that subject? > >> > >>Thanks > >>Albert > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------------ > >> > >> > >> > >>Yahoo! Groups Links > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------ > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
