http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets

I'm not so sure on the definition of plug and jack you have.
One can have most anything made.

A board of 100 jacks and a phone lady plugging in plugs to make connections.
She was pushing a male plug into the female socket in the wall.

Extension cords have both plugs on one end and sockets on the other.

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On 8/31/2010 7:13 AM, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
John fired this volley in
:

A "Plug" is a cable-mounted connector, regardless of sex, and a "Jack"
is a panel or bulkhead connector, regardless of sex.


That might be what your personal business's colloquialisms are, but
that's not standard usage.

I have cable jacks, and I have bulkhead plugs. The sex is the _only_
thing that matters.

LLoyd

On Aug 31, 10:29*pm, "Martin H. Eastburn"
wrote:

Extension cords have both plugs on one end and sockets on the other.

And according to what I've gleaned from this conversation, both ends
are properly called "Plug." I've been in this business well over
thirty years, and in my experience, a male is a plug and an a female
is a jack, but I suppose I'm not too old to change.

Now, what do we think about people who "Shut on the light?"

"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets

I'm not so sure on the definition of plug and jack you have.
One can have most anything made.

A board of 100 jacks and a phone lady plugging in plugs to make connections.
She was pushing a male plug into the female socket in the wall.

Extension cords have both plugs on one end and sockets on the other.


There are hermapoditic connectors, like 7 mm RF and Switchcraft 2501
series.


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On 2010-09-01, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets

I'm not so sure on the definition of plug and jack you have.
One can have most anything made.

A board of 100 jacks and a phone lady plugging in plugs to make connections.
She was pushing a male plug into the female socket in the wall.

Extension cords have both plugs on one end and sockets on the other.


There are hermapoditic connectors, like 7 mm RF and Switchcraft 2501
series.

And, to go even farther back in time, General Radio used to make
the GR874 series RF connectors for reasonable frequency ranges, and the
GR900BT series for really high (for the day) frequencies.)

O.K. Apparently, Delta still makes 874 compatible connectors.

Here is the end view of an 874 connector:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/anachrocomputer/2571135710/

And here for the GR900:

http://www.used-line.com/cgi-bin/TB/view_item.cfm?tb_model_id=52015B090B18

Enjoy,
DoN.

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"DoN. Nichols" wrote:

On 2010-09-01, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets

I'm not so sure on the definition of plug and jack you have.
One can have most anything made.

A board of 100 jacks and a phone lady plugging in plugs to make connections.
She was pushing a male plug into the female socket in the wall.

Extension cords have both plugs on one end and sockets on the other.


There are hermapoditic connectors, like 7 mm RF and Switchcraft 2501
series.

And, to go even farther back in time, General Radio used to make
the GR874 series RF connectors for reasonable frequency ranges, and the
GR900BT series for really high (for the day) frequencies.)

O.K. Apparently, Delta still makes 874 compatible connectors.

Here is the end view of an 874 connector:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/anachrocomputer/2571135710/

And here for the GR900:

http://www.used-line.com/cgi-bin/TB/view_item.cfm?tb_model_id=52015B090B18


I still have some GR cables.


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"DoN. Nichols" wrote:

On 2010-09-02, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

"DoN. Nichols" wrote:

On 2010-09-01, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

[ ... ]

There are hermapoditic connectors, like 7 mm RF and Switchcraft 2501
series.

And, to go even farther back in time, General Radio used to make
the GR874 series RF connectors for reasonable frequency ranges, and the
GR900BT series for really high (for the day) frequencies.)

O.K. Apparently, Delta still makes 874 compatible connectors.

[ ... ]

I still have some GR cables.

And I have a bunch of adaptors from GR-874 to things like
type-N, BNC and even double binding post, as well as some in-line
attenuators and somewhere even a component test enclosure -- a GR-874 on
a plate with a spring-loaded cup over the connection points for the
component.

No GR-900 connectors, however.

Oh yes -- I also have a few unused GR-874 cable connectors (for
RG-58 cable) and the assembly tool kit for them.

What I don't have is the spring ribbons designed to wrap around
a mated pair to keep them from separating.


I have a wavemeter & a microwave attenuator with GR-874 fittings.
There may be a few other things left, too.

How about 'HN' connectors?


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On 2010-09-04, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

"DoN. Nichols" wrote:

On 2010-09-02, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

[ ... ]

I still have some GR cables.

[ ... ]

Oh yes -- I also have a few unused GR-874 cable connectors (for
RG-58 cable) and the assembly tool kit for them.

What I don't have is the spring ribbons designed to wrap around
a mated pair to keep them from separating.


I have a wavemeter & a microwave attenuator with GR-874 fittings.
There may be a few other things left, too.

How about 'HN' connectors?

Not familiar with those -- at least by that name.

O.K. I think that I've seen them -- but never used them, based
on a Google search.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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"DoN. Nichols" wrote:

On 2010-09-04, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

"DoN. Nichols" wrote:

On 2010-09-02, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

[ ... ]

I still have some GR cables.

[ ... ]

Oh yes -- I also have a few unused GR-874 cable connectors (for
RG-58 cable) and the assembly tool kit for them.

What I don't have is the spring ribbons designed to wrap around
a mated pair to keep them from separating.


I have a wavemeter & a microwave attenuator with GR-874 fittings.
There may be a few other things left, too.

How about 'HN' connectors?

Not familiar with those -- at least by that name.

O.K. I think that I've seen them -- but never used them, based
on a Google search.


The only place I've ever seen them used was in an early '50s UHF TV
transmitter. I ran across some surplus and pickeD them up. They are
similar to 'N' connectors, but have a higher power rating.


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