14 Jul
2004
14 Jul
'04
9:04 p.m.
In message <m1BksOn-000IxtC@p850ug1>
ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
[1] Bonus points for people who know what BNC stands
for....
"British Naval Connector" or "Bayonet Neill-Concelman"
depending on who you
believe :)
Amphenol RF insist it's "Bayonet Neill-Concelman", named after one of their
engineers, who developed it in the late 1940s.
<http://www.amphenolrf.com/products/bnc.asp> if you're interested.
I'm still trying to find a way to make a hole in a plastic panel to mount a
BNC properly. I failed miserably on the frequency counter I made - the BNC
connector spins while you're trying to plug a probe in. Oops.
Later.
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