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From: adrian@cs.hw.ac.uk (Adrian Hurt)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Origin of the name "BNC" connector
Summary: Experiences
Message-ID: <2152@brahma.cs.hw.ac.uk>
Date: 3 Feb 89 11:20:04 GMT
References: <5770015@hpscdc.HP.COM> <2312@iscuva.ISCS.COM> <1319@stracs.cs.strath.ac.uk>
Organization: Computer Science, Heriot-Watt U., Scotland
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In article <1319@stracs.cs.strath.ac.uk>, al@cs.strath.ac.uk (Alan Lorimer) writes:
> In a former incarnation when working for the BBC (British Broadcasting
> Corporation), I was involved in building TV studios and Radio Stations.
> Having spent the odd afternoon inserting several hundreds of these
> things I became convinced that BNC stood for Bloody Nasty Connector.:-)
 
Any connector of which one must fit several hundred in a few afternoons merits
that description!

I had to fit "N"-type connectors onto an Ethernet cable on one occasion. (Well,
several occasions, but only one is relevant here.) We had ordered a crimp tool
with which to do this; fortunately we hadn't been invoiced. Now Ethernet being
very sensitive, I did a practise run on a small piece of spare cable first to
get the hang of the new tool, and ran into a small problem. The tool would not
come off! It could slide along the cable, but couldn't open enough to get over
the connector. We subsequently found a source of "N" connectors which could be
soldered on, and sent the tool, which would have cost some $100, back.

-- 
 "Keyboard? How quaint!" - M. Scott

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