On Tue, 16 Sep 2014, Lostgallifreyan wrote:

"gareth" wrote in news:lv91j4$gv9$1@dont-
email.me:

how difficult
it is to manufacture our own plugs and sockets, despite that BNC and N have
been around for 70 years, with SMC some time later!


Also, following on from my other post, given how good BNC's are, and how
cheap they are, instead of trying to find alternatives, I try to find
ways to use BNC's for other purposes, not hard given the range of high
quality adapters! This is NOT a wheel we need to reinvent, I think.

Especially when you can find them lying on the sidewalk.

Some years back, I came upon a pile of junk on the sidewalk, waiting for
the garbage truck. I poke around, and find a near endless number of BNC
connectors. I grab some, then continue on my way. Coming back, the rest
were still there so I grabbed all of them. QUite a weight once
accumulated.

There were a few hundred BNC connectors.

The only problem was, they were mostly male, though some female and some
adapters.

Yes, I'd use BNC for audio connectors (something others have done) if I
was going to change connectors (or building something new) and probably
more important, if this pile had included more female connectors.

The bad part is, an even longer time ago, the local surplus place had some
odd bit of plastic with one of those coaxial power connectors, 2 or 3
female BNC connectors and I think a DB-25 connector on it. All for
79cents. I bought some, but obviously if I'd known I'd be finding a near
endless supply of male BNC connectors, I'd have stocked up more in
anticipation.

That's reality, you never find the matching stuff at the same time.

Michael