Identifying Coaxial Cable Connectors.

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Identifying Coaxial Cable Connectors.

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 CH-AP-xxx (yyyy describes cable type eg 0316 =RG316, 0058 =RG58) SEE ITEMS SEE MORE ITEMS
		SMA Connector, Jack, Conventional female pin SMA8xxx-yyyy CH-AJ-xxx SEE ITEMS SEE MORE ITEMS
		RP-SMA Connector, jack male pin SMA9xxx-yyyy CH-RAJ-xxx SMA Connector, Jack, Conventional female pin SMA8xxx-yyyy CH-AJ-xxx SEE ITEMS SEE MORE ITEMS
		RP-SMA Connector, plug female pin SMA6xxx-yyyy CH-RAP-xxx SEE ITEMS SEE MORE ITEMS
		TNC Connector, Conventional, Plug Male Pin TNC3xxx-yyyy CH-TP-xxx SEE ITEMS SEE MORE ITEMS
		TNC Connector, Conventional, jack female pin TNC8xxx-yyyy CH-TJ-xxx SEE ITEMS SEE MORE ITEMS
		RP-TNC Connector, Jack Male pin TNC9xxx-yyyy CH-RTJ-xxx SEE ITEMS SEE MORE ITEMS
		RP-TNC Connector, Plug female pin TNC6xxx-yyyy CH-RTP-xxx SEE ITEMS SEE MORE ITEMS
		BNC Connector , Plug Conventional (shown) has male pin BNC3xxx-yyyy CH-BP-xxx SEE ITEMS SEE MORE ITEMS RP has female pin BNC6xxx-yyyy SEE ITEMS ON CART
		BNC Connector jack Conventional (shown) has female pin BNC8xxx-yyyy CH-BJ-xxx SEE ITEMS SEE MORE ITEMS RP has male pin BNC9xxx-yyyy SEE ITEMS
		MMCX Connector, plug Conventional has male pin MMCX3xxx-yyyy CH-MMCX-xxx SEE ITEMS SEE MORE ITEMS RP has female pin MMCX6xxx-yyyy SEE ITEMS
		MMCX Connector, jack Conventional has female pin MMCX8xxx-yy RP has male pin MMCX9xxx-yyyy SEE ITEMS
		N Connector, plug Conventional (shown) has male pin N3xxxx-yyyy SEE ITEMS SEE MORE ITEMS RP has female pin N6xxxx-yyyy SEE ITEMS
		N Connector, jack Conventional (shown) has female pin N8xxxx-yyyy SEE ITEMS RP has male pin N9xxxx-yyyy SEE ITEMS
		MCX Connector, plug Conventional (shown) has male pin MCX3xxxx-yyyy SEE ITEMS SEE MORE ITEMS RP has female pin MCX6xxxx-yyyy SEE ITEMS
		MCX Connector, jack Conventional (shown) has female pin MCX8xxxx-yyyy SEE ITEMS SEE MORE ITEMS RP has male pin MCX9xxxx-yyyy SEE ITEMS ON CART
		SMB Connector Plug Conventional (shown) has female pin SMB3xxxx-yyyy SEE ITEMS SEE MORE ITEMS RP has male pin SMB6xxxx-yyyy SEE ITEMS
		SMB Connector jack Conventional (shown) has male pin SMB8xxxx-yyyy SEE ITEMS SEE MORE ITEMS RP has female pin SMB9xxxx-yyyy SEE ITEMS
		Lucent MC Connector Plug MC3xxx-yyyy SEE ITEMS male pin
		FME Connector, jack, female pin FME8xxxx-yyyy SEE ITEMS SEE MORE ITEMS
		FME Connector, plug, male pin FME3xxxx-yyyy SEE ITEMS SEE MORE ITEMS
		1.0/2.3 Connector SEE ITEMS
		HN Connectors SEE ITEMS
		SMC Connector SEE ITEMS
		Fakra Connector SEE ITEMS ON CART
		K Connector SEE ITEMS
		BMC Connector SEE ITEMS
		Mini BNC Connector SEE ITEMS
		Mini UHF Connector SEE ITEMS
		SSMA Connector SEE ITEMS

		SSMB Connector SEE ITEMS
		TS9 Connector SEE ITEMS
		UFL Connector SEE ITEMS
		UHF Connector SO239 SEE ITEMSPL259 SEE ITEMS
		RCA Connector SEE ITEMS
		F Connector SEE ITEMS ON CART
		SMP Connector SEE ITEMS
		Microdot (compatible) SEE ITEMS
		CRC9 SEE ITEMS