In a message dated 22/10/2008 22:26:45 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have a coax connector that I would like to identify. Se attached picture. To the left is a female TNC for reference. The unknown male is attached to the cable. Unknown female to the upper left as part of a "T" adapter. It looks kind of a smaller version of TNC. It is slighly larger than SMA. Female diameter is 5/16", whereas TNC is 7/16" and SMA is 4/16" - according to my simple measurement. Anyone recognizing this connector? ---------------- Hi Bjorn Quick answer is no, but "miniature TNC" would seem to be a possible contender. Unfortunately, although I've seen enough references to miniature TNCs to know they exist, I've not yet found a photo or drawing. I'm pretty sure I have some equipment with them fitted but, if I have, it will be in storage so not something to be confirmed in a hurry. What you've got, as you say, is certainly not SMB or SMC but is about the same size as SM. And yes, that is SM and not SMA. The SM connector, not very common but I've got some Greenpar SM adapters, is similar to SMA, in terms of pin and dielectric arrangement, but bigger, whilst what you have is a very close match to the TNC configuration, but smaller..... so, in size at least, they sort of meet in the middle:-) A while ago I bought a Greenpar adapter kit that was a special for the UK military and probably the biggest kit Greenpar made. Alongside most, if not all, the common connectors we're all used to was quite a range I'd never heard of before, including SM, HN, SC, Pattern 8, Pattern 12, etc etc. They generally seem to be a "close but not quite" match to more common connectors but so far I've not seen any of them in commercial catalogues. I suspect your connectors might be similarly unusual but still think Mini TNC is the most likely option..... although happy to accept that somebody will probably prove me wrong within a few minutse of this being posted:-) regards Nigel GM8PZR _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
