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On 05 May 2002 06:57:31 GMT, Steve Fenwick
<no-return-address@see-below.invalid> wrote:

>In article <5ch2duo9ims5jdvombhb577rpnvlbated9@4ax.com>,
> Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 1 May 2002 14:40:21 -0700, "Gary Funck" <gary@intrepid.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> >What is a TNC-R connector?
>> 
>> The FCC had this great idea that if they forced the manufactories to
>> use non-standard connectors, people would be less tempted to add power
>> amplifiers and external antennas.  Fat chance.  The TNC-R is a
>> standard TNC connector, with the center pin as the opposite sex.
>>     http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/connectors.html

>So, how do you think they (and other OEMs) avoid running afoul of the 
>FCC Public Notice, DA 00-1087, dated May 22, 2000, that essentially 
>makes RP-TNC (among others) illegal for Section 15.203 transmitters? Are 
>they really using RP-TNC, or perhaps reverse thread TNC?
>Steve

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-00-1087A1.txt

Perhaps that explains why some manufactories (SMC, Linksys, Netgear,
Bromax) are recycling the old model numbers with newer units?

I've never seen a left hand threaded TNC until I noticed it on the
HyperLink web pile.  Most of what I've seen are right hand threaded
TNC connectors with reversed center pins known at TNC-R.

Perhaps what the FCC should do is simply outlaw the sale and
distribution of such exotic connectors.  Then, there will be a
replacement for the war on drugs.  Once connectors are scarce or
unobtainable, one can make a substantial profit selling connectors to
wireless users that need a fix or wanna get their antenna higher.
Yeah, I see profits.  Great idea.


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