[TenTec] RX366 IF ouput TMP connector

[Kim Elmore]

Aha! I couldn't figure out where the designation came from, I only knew what it was. And, I should have said "since 20-30 years agin" in my
reply since they have become even more common since their introduction.

Kim N5OP



On Feb 12, 2012, at 6:09, d.e.warnick at comcast.net wrote:

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> Dave 
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> From: "Gene Story - Earthlink" <gfstory at earthlink.net> 
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com> 
> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 2:24:28 AM 
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] RX366 IF ouput TMP connector 
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> 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".   
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> 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.   
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> 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. 
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> Gene  /  K7TXO 
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> On Feb 11, 2012, at 9:02 PM, Kim Elmore wrote: 
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>> 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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