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Article #20532Re: Origin of the name "BNC" connector
From: Forrest Cook
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1989 01:22
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1989 01:22
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In article <5770015@hpscdc.HP.COM> rkarlqu@hpscdc.HP.COM (Rick Karlquist) writes:
>...(The B means bayonet and T means threaded).
>Does anyone out there remember the full name of Mr. N and Mr. C?
my 2 (10) bits:
I once heard that BNC was an acronym for "baby Nelson connector", and was a
small version of a Nelson connector, whatever that is. This is probably
incorrect, as the B=bayonet and T=threaded argument seems quite logical.
Perhaps N=Nelson.
^ Forrest Cook (The preceding comments were my Opinions) ^
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ncis.llnl.gov!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!agate!bionet!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!mailrus!ncar!stout!cook From: cook@stout.ucar.edu (Forrest Cook) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Origin of the name "BNC" connector Message-ID: <1329@ncar.ucar.edu> Date: 27 Jan 89 01:22:53 GMT References: <5770015@hpscdc.HP.COM> Sender: news@ncar.ucar.edu Reply-To: cook@stout.UCAR.EDU (Forrest Cook) Organization: Field Observing Facility, NCAR, Boulder, CO Lines: 15