[TowerTalk] Long Barrel Connectors - The post is short the connector

[Kenneth D. Grimm, K4XL]

Rob Atkinson wrote:

<snip>
> 2.  You say you want a barrel but let's be
> careful about terms.  A "barrel" is same series on each end; each end
> a male.  A "bullet" is same series on each end; each end a female.
> The terms are often misused.   A long rigid straight section for a
> bulkhead with jacks on each end would be a long bullet.
>
> 73
>
> rob / k5uj
I'm always willing to learn stuff.  But in the more than half a century 
that I've been a ham, this is the first time I have ever heard the term 
"bullet" to describe what my friends and I have been calling a barrel.  
Your comments got me to thinking.  Had I missed something along the 
way?  I had a quick look at The RF Connection's listings and they use 
the term "bulkhead" to describe the UHF female/female thingy.  Nemal 
calls it "bulkhead jack to jack."  Amphenol refers to "jack to jack" and 
Amp calls it a "jack to jack bulkhead feedthrough."  Nobody who makes 
these things calls them bullets or barrels.  The only source that was 
using the term "bullet" that I could find was that fount of knowledge, 
eBay, where one is currently listed.  If there is a printed standard, 
issued by someone that counts, that defines "bullet" connectors and 
"barrel" connectors, I would definitely like to hear about it.  Until 
then, my UHF female to female connector answers to "barrel" every time I 
call it for supper!  If it's happy with that name, so am I.  :-)

73,

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Ken K4XL
k4xl at arrl.net

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