[ARC5] UHF Connector beginnings

[Tim]

Hi Jeep - Well I guess I should have done an Interwebs search first!
Duh.....
I think I may have one around here stamped 83-1SP, that may be an older
model number for the plug.  Anyway, can anyone identify the first
production "black box" that used these?  I'm sure someone has one in their
collection....Panadapter?  IFF? TR Box? TX? ....  I dunno....

TNX,
Tim


On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 8:36 AM, D. Platt <jeepp at comcast.net> wrote:

> Adding the following:
> *
> **The **UHF connector**, also called the **Amphenol coaxial connector <
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphenol>**,**^[2] <
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UHF_connector#cite_note-2> **is a **World
> War II <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II>**threaded **RF
> connector <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RF_connector>**design, from an
> era when "**UHF <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_high_frequency>**"
> referred to frequencies over 30 **MHz <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MHz>**.**^[3]
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UHF_connector#cite_note-ARRLHandbook1940-3>
> **Originally intended for use as a **video <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
> Video>**connector in **RADAR <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RADAR>**applications,
> the connector was later used for **RF <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
> Radio_frequency>**applications. This connector was developed on basis of
> a shielded **banana plug <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_plug>**.*
> Quackenbush was maybe ahead of his times.  In talking with the late Leo
> Young (NRL scientist emeritus), the PL-259 was the only connector available
> for the task, short of maybe the Brit "PYE" connector.   The PL-259 will
> arguably become the DC-3 of radio.........!!
>
> Jeep - K3HVG
>
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