Talk:N connector

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Some Urban Legend information relating to the "N" connector:

Firstly,to quote the Amphenol web site:

"TYPE N CONNECTOR SERIES... Named after Paul Neill of Bell Labs after being developed in the 1940's, the Type N offered the first true microwave performance. The Type N connector was developed to satisfy the need for a durable, weatherproof, medium-size RF connector with consistent performance through 11 GHz."

http://www.amphenolrf.com/products/typen.asp

The rumor over how it was named...

Legend has it that British commandos in WWII parachuted into scandinavia to gain intelligence on Axis radar technologies. Once overtaking a remote German radar site, their technicians dissected the site and found (among other things) a unique RF connector. This connector was self-cleaning, weather tight, and perfect for the then ultra high and microwave frequencies.

The team brought some examples back to England, where they were reverse engineered and put to use for the war effort. Engineers quickly referred to the connector as the "Nazi" connector. The engineering staff could not bring themselves to utter the word "Nazi", so this type of connector was referred to as the "Type N connector." After more reverse engineering, the allies came up with a more compact version called the BNC connector - originally called the "Bayonet "N" connector" or the more palitable "British Naval Connector"

The truth of the matter is that the N connector was invented By Paul Neill of Bell Labs and most likely pilfered by the Nazis prior to WWII. Another connector (the C connector) is attributed to a fellow Bell Lab engineer named Concelman. A hybrid of the two designs was designated the BNC (Bayonet Neill Concelman) connector.