[Milsurplus] Connector History

[J Forster]

The GR 874 connectors are hermaphroditic (unisex) and mate w/ themselves.
For those interested in GR, there is a Yahoo Group about their gear:

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GenRad/


BTW, GR also made another (fairly rare) series called the 900. High
precision, but $$$$.

Best,
-John




jcoward5452 at aol.com wrote:

> Are you thinking of the General Radio connectors?
> Jay
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C. Whitaker <whitaker at pa.net>
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 5:39 am
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Connector History
>
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> I thought the BNC was named after the three guys in Bell Labs.Â
> (Not the ones that did transistors.) The connector on the 522Â
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> BC-639 but not the BC-640.And, there's the H-P split-sided ones. 73
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