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From: FAUNT@MATHOM.CISCO.COM (Doug Faunt)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Origin of the name "BNC" connector
Keywords: another rumor
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Date: 14 Feb 89 18:59:00 GMT
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More rumor level information:

The September '86 copy of Ham Radio has column called VHF/UHF World,
written by Joe Reisert, which claims that BNC is derived from the names of
its developers, Neil and Concelman, hence B(ayonet) N(eill) C(oncelman.)
He says that Neil invented the N connector, and Concelman developed
the C connector.  He references this information to an article in rf
design, Sept/Oct 1980, page 18, titled "A designers Gudie to RF
Connector Selection" by Allen Nemetz.