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Article #15734Re: Origin of 'BNC'
From: Norm Strong
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 20:10
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 20:10
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In article <BzBMr3.E7K@world.std.com> dlowe@world.std.com (Miller Lowe) writes: }We have a raging debate going on at work with some folks beliving }that BNC stands for British Naval Connector.... While others(Like }me) say Bayonet-Neill-Concelman. } }The AMP catalog says that BNC is 'Said to be' Bayonet-Neill-Councelman. We }would be very interested in any source of reliable information that }documents the origin of the BNC naming convention. Well, we KNOW that the C connector was invented by Concelman, and we KNOW that the N connector was invented by Neill. We might extrapolate that BNC is Bayonet-Neill-Concelman, and TNC is Threaded Neill-Concelman. But, we could be absolutely WRONG. -- Norm Strong (strong@tc.fluke.com) 2528 31st S. Seattle WA 98144 USA
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Newsgroups: sci.electronics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!uw-beaver!fluke!strong From: strong@tc.fluke.COM (Norm Strong) Subject: Re: Origin of 'BNC' Message-ID: <1992Dec17.201022.9979@tc.fluke.COM> Keywords: BNC CONNECTORS HISTORY QUESTION Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA References: <BzBMr3.E7K@world.std.com> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 20:10:22 GMT Lines: 19