Microvaxen bits etc.

From: William Donzelli <william_at_ans.net>
Date: Mon Nov 2 08:35:46 1998

> BNC is a UHF constant impedence connector. They work very well at
> several GHz! They just don't like high RF power (voltage).

They are not that great, compared to later connectors. The F (a quality
one) will do a better job in the UHF region.

> When BNC started to be used for Eithernet, Ts were expensive and got cheap
> due to volume. F connectors are common to cable industry and if they
> needed Ts they would be cheap too.

Actually, BNC Ts were quite common back then. They were used in radar test
sets quite a bit. OK, being military, they were still expensive...

William Donzelli
william_at_ans.net
Received on Mon Nov 02 1998 - 08:35:46 GMT

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