On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 07:36:03AM -0700, Matthew Kaufman wrote: > Another try... > > The N connector was named after its inventor, Paul Neill (Bell Labs). > > The BNC and TNC are the Bayonet and Threaded versions of a connector > co-designed by Paul Neill and Carl Concelman (Amphenol). > > Is it any surprise that a 50-ohm connector that shares a designer also > shares some dimensions?
Can someone authenticate this etymology? I heard "Bayonet Nut Connector" for close to 30 years before anyone ever mentioned Messrs Neill and Concelman... Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Member of the Technical Staff Baylink RFC 2100 The Suncoast Freenet The Things I Think Tampa Bay, Florida http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 OS X: Because making Unix user-friendly was easier than debugging Windows -- Simon Slavin, on a.f.c -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
