25 May
2009
25 May
'09
5:57 p.m.
N connectors suffer a fatal flaw - use the wrong plug in the wrong
socket, and you are screwed. Mixing 50 and 75 Ohm Ns will either
result in a crummy connection or a possibly ruined part.
I asusme this is due to a different diameter central pin -- small pin in
large socket causes a bad connection, large pin in small socket wrecks th
socket.
I've heard this claimed of BNCs too, but I've seen measurements made on
new, good-qulaity BNC plugs (Amphenol, Greenpar, etc) which indicate the
central pins are the same diameter and there is no possiblilty of damage
by using the 'wrong' plug. Has anyone got measurements for N connectors?
-tony