Identifying Coaxial Cable Connectors
Thurs, 14/05/2022
SMA, SMB, TNC, RP-SMA, RP-TNC, 7/16 connector, N type, N type, MMCX, MCX , 1.0/2.3, HN, FME, SMC
It can be quite confusing to specify connectors particularly when they can be “reverse polarity” . or “reverse gender”. In the good old days, before some bright spark decided to introduce RP types there were just two types of SMA and other similar connectors. The plug had a male pin and the jack had a female pin. Too easy. The reverse SMA plug, RP-SMA plug, instead, has a female pin (4th pic down) and the reverse SMA jack has a male pin (3rd pic down). Unfortunately there seems to be an increasing tendency to refer to the RP-SMA plug as “RP-SMA male”. We use the term RP-SMA plug female pin , because, from what we know of sex, there are no male elements at all in RP-SMA plugs.
RF Connectors Overview
![]() | SMA Connector, Plug, Conventional male pin SMA3xxx-yyyy
(yyyy describes cable type eg 0316 =RG316, 0058 =RG58) | |
![]() | SMA Connector, Jack, Conventional SMA8xxx-yyyy | |
![]() | RP-SMA Connector, jack male pin SMA9xxx-yyyy SMA Connector, Jack, Conventional SMA8xxx-yyyy
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![]() | RP-SMA Connector, plug female pin SMA6xxx-yyyy
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![]() | TNC Connector, Conventional, Plug Male Pin TNC3xxx-yyyy | |
![]() | TNC Connector, Conventional, jack female pin TNC8xxx-yyyy | |
![]() | RP-TNC Connector, Jack Male pin TNC9xxx-yyyy | |
![]() | RP-TNC Connector, Plug female pin TNC6xxx-yyyy | |
![]() | BNC Connector , Plug Conventional (shown) has male pin BNC3xxx-yyyy RP has female pin BNC6xxx-yyyy | |
![]() | BNC Connector jack Conventional (shown) has female pin BNC8xxx-yyyy RP has male pin BNC9xxx-yyyy
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![]() ![]() | MMCX Connector, plug Conventional has male pin
RP has female pin
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![]() | MMCX Connector, jack Conventional has female pin RP has male pin | |
![]() | N Connector, plug Conventional (shown) has male pin RP has female pin | |
![]() | N Connector, jack Conventional (shown) has female pin RP has male pin | |
![]() | MCX Connector, plug Conventional (shown) has male pin RP has female pin | |
![]() | MCX Connector, jack Conventional (shown) has female pin RP has male pin | |
![]() | SMB Connector Plug Conventional (shown) has female pin RP has male pin | |
![]() | SMB Connector jack Conventional (shown) has male pin RP has female pin | |
![]() | Lucent MC Connector Plug MC3xxx-yyyy male pin | |
![]() | FME Connector, jack, female pin FME8xxxx-yyyy | |
![]() | FME Connector, plug, male pin FME3xxxx-yyyy | |
1.0/2.3 Connector | ||
![]() | HN Connectors | |
![]() | SMC Connector | |
| Fakra Connector
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![]() | K Connector
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| BMC Connector
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| Mini BNC Connector | |
Mini UHF Connector
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![]() | SSMA Connector
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![]() | SSMB Connector
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![]() | TS9 Connector
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![]() | UFL Connector SEE ITEMS | |
![]() | UHF Connector SO239 SEE ITEMSPL259 SEE ITEMS | |
![]() | RCA Connector | |
F Connector | ||
![]() | SMP Connector | |
![]() | Microdot (compatible) | |
![]() | CRC9 | |