Thanks Matthew! An old antenna expert I used to work with told that to me one time and I'd since forgotten the name. He was a professor of electrical engineering and wrote a good book on antennas way back in the 1930s, so I trust that his version of the story is accurate since he was active in the field at the time it all happened!
Thanks for filling in the blanks for me. I'll print this e-mail and put it in one of my antenna books so I know where to find it next time I need it! Greg On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 07:36, 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? > > Matthew Kaufman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 1:58 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [BAWUG] Wardriving Senao vs. Cisco > > > > > > Actually - it's "Bayonet Navy Connector" - the "type N" is a > > "Type Navy" > > which was designed with water resistance in mind on both the > > screw fitting and the cable <> connector seal, which is why > > people hate assembling them > > properly. I'm not sure which came first, but I'm sure > > someone along the > > way said, "my thumbs hurt from twisting all these [EMAIL PROTECTED]@# > > cables - there's got to be an easier way!" > > > > I've seen type N connectors hold several PSI of dry nitrogen > > on the cable connection to keep moisture out of the whole > > assembly. There are even > > special Nm-Nf feedthroughs to insert gas into the line > > > > Everett > > > > > > > > > > > Guess what "BNC" stands for. > > > "Bayonetted N Connector"! > > > > > > Greg > > > -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
