[Elecraft] New Guy

[Bob Nielsen]

Were Neill and Councelman involved with the type N and C (a larger
version of the BNC) connectors? I've always wondered.

There was a smaller version of the TNC, called TM.  We used them
in an aluminum version at Hughes Aircraft for the early satellites,
because they were very light weight.  Unfortunately the aluminum
threads would gall if you mated the connectors more than a few times. 
Luckily the SMA connector (or whatever the original Bendix version was
called) came along around 1963.  Bendix didn't stay in that business
long and the people involved left and started Omni-Spectra to make the
connectors.   

73,
Bob, N7XY
K2 #3273

On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 01:31:31PM -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> Yep! The "Neill Councelman" part is the tube with the center pin. There is
> another version, the "Threaded Neill Councelman" or "TNC" that is very
> popular with larger lines because it is physically more robust and
> weatherproofs better.
> 
> As you may know, David, the British Navy adopted them as a standard coaxial
> connector and so a lot of folks believe that BNC stands for "British Naval
> Connector" - but that would make a TNC a "Turkish Naval Connector"...  Hi! 
> 
> Ron AC7AC
> K2 # 1289
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> In a recent message, "William M. Spaulding, Sr." <billspau@att.net>
> >QUIZ:  What does BNC stand for?
> 
> "Bayonet Neill Concelman", from Paul Neill and Carl Concelman.
> 
> Am I right?
> 
> David G4DMP
>