[TenTec] RX366 IF ouput TMP connector

[Gene Story - Earthlink]

Thanks Kim.  Nobody has provided the answer I was looking for except I think I might be able to extract part of what you said re "miniature push-in".   

Since SMA is Sub Mini version, then the "MP" of TMP may well represent 2/3rds of the answer .  That would leave the "T" which unlike TNC will not mean Threaded since it's a push on (in) connector, right?.  And I do not think the T in TMP represents an inventors name (e.g. Tom, Taiko, etc) such as the "NC" does in BNC or TNC.   

This probably is not relevant enough to continue on this thread.    As long as a cable with a connector that properly matches the connector on a board or panel, of course that is all matters.  I was just curious.

Gene  /  K7TXO


On Feb 11, 2012, at 9:02 PM, Kim Elmore wrote:

> There are many different connectors out there for various applications: BNC, TNC, SMA, SMB, NMO, T, C, N, B, SO-series, F-series, etc. The TMP connector is the miniature push-in connector all over the interior of radios 20-30 years ago, espicially those out of Japan starting 30 years ago. You can see the specifications at http://www.therfc.com/taiko.htm. 
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> Kim N5OP
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> On Feb 11, 2012, at 21:35, Gene Story - Earthlink <gfstory at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>> What does the term "TMP" as related to these miniature RF connectors stand for?
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>> It may not be important but I can't get it out of my head.  It's not a Turbo Molecular Pump nor is it a Transitional Management Plan (likely a bad thing) so what is it in our RF world?
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>> Gene  /  K7TXO
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