[time-nuts] [OT] Why did HP use a non standard connector on the 8411 Converter
John Day
johnday at wordsnimages.com
Tue Sep 11 22:13:09 EDT 2007
At 02:40 PM 9/11/2007, you wrote:
>Is there a reason to not use the standard "D" series connectors that can have
>coax connectors along with the normal contact pins?
Poor contact and connector life, imprecise alignment, lack of
precisely controlled shielding. The D connectors are not intended to
be routinely mated/unmated and become quite erratic after a few
cycles (usually 50 or so as I recall) even in a lab environment. They
also have fairly significant frequency limitations, but I cannot
recall exactly what they are.
John
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