Off Topic about GRiD and 1958 Oscilloscope- Help requested.

From: William Donzelli <aw288_at_osfn.org>
Date: Thu Jun 17 18:21:34 1999

> The plug is a PL259, the socket an SO239 IIRC. You can get adapters from
> them to BNC plugs/sockets so you can use normal 'scope probes.

To the U.S. Army Signal Corps, they are indeed known as the PL-259 and
SO-239 pair, and to the U.S. Navy, they are known as 49194 and 49195. I
do not know which came first - my guess is the Navy term. I do not think
they ever received a U or UG prefix, as most post 1945 military
electronics designs went with the N connector.

William Donzelli
aw288_at_osfn.org
Received on Thu Jun 17 1999 - 18:21:34 BST