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From: khijol!erc@cs.utexas.edu (Edwin R. Carp)
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Subject: Re: The Origin of Coax Connector Names: BNC & TNC
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Date: 5 Dec 89 04:01:47 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 554, message 1 of 11


In article <1767@accuvax.nwu.edu> daryl@tcomeng.uucp (Daryl Jones) writes:
>X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 548, message 8 of 8

>Some time ago we had a lengthy discussion about the origins of the
>coax connector names such as BNC, TNC, etc. I have just come across an
>article in QST, a Ham magazine that I think is the real McCoy. I would
>like to share it with you. 

>Named the type C connector, it was the first designed as a true 50-ohm

I have used the type C connector.  They are rather hard to find (maybe
I haven't looked hard enough), but they are great for making portable
and mobile 2-meter antennas!  I had a friend in Salt Lake City who
used one on his car (5/8 wave 2m antenna), and it lasted quite a long
time!  For those of you who are not familiar with the type C
connector, it's like a BNC, except larger.  Bayonet mount, the whole
shot.  Much nicer than type N.

           Ed Carp	N7EKG/5 (28.3-28.5)	erc@puzzle!khijol
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