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From: Geoffrey S. Mendelson on 25 Jul 2010 14:09
What do you call a Belling-Lee connector?

I know in the US they call them PAL connectors because PAL TVs sold by
grey market importers in the 1980s used them.

As a joke I have referred to the ones on US TVs as NTSC connectors. Just about
everywhere I know, they are always called "F" connectors.

Here F connectors are used for cable TV and satellite wiring. Cable boxes have
(if they are old enough to have an RF out) F connectors on them. DBS boxes
that have RF outs use the Belling-Lee connectors.

TV sets, including the ones with DBS-T inputs, VCRs (no new ones here) and
DBS-T converters all have Belling-Lee inputs and outputs.

The reason I ask is that I am using compression connectors for everything now,
and have no trouble getting compression F connectors locally, BNC and RCA
connectors (I have some old radios with RCA antenna jacks) mail order,
but can only find one mention of a Belling-Lee compression connector and that
was in a PDF catalog from New Zealand.

I spent a long time looking for them on the UK eBay site, and several UK
distributors but could only find the the kind that require you to manually
assemble them. (screw them together).

Am I wasting my time? Are there none of them available? Am I calling them
by the wrong name, which is why I can't find them?

Thanks in advance,

Geoff.
--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM
To help restaurants, as part of the "stimulus package", everyone must order
dessert. As part of the socialized health plan, you are forbidden to eat it. :-)
From: N_Cook on 25 Jul 2010 16:02
Geoffrey S. Mendelson <gsm(a)mendelson.com> wrote in message
news:slrni4ov9q.8oe.gsm(a)cable.mendelson.com...
> What do you call a Belling-Lee connector?
>
> I know in the US they call them PAL connectors because PAL TVs sold by
> grey market importers in the 1980s used them.
>
> As a joke I have referred to the ones on US TVs as NTSC connectors. Just
about
> everywhere I know, they are always called "F" connectors.
>
> Here F connectors are used for cable TV and satellite wiring. Cable boxes
have
> (if they are old enough to have an RF out) F connectors on them. DBS boxes
> that have RF outs use the Belling-Lee connectors.
>
> TV sets, including the ones with DBS-T inputs, VCRs (no new ones here) and
> DBS-T converters all have Belling-Lee inputs and outputs.
>
> The reason I ask is that I am using compression connectors for everything
now,
> and have no trouble getting compression F connectors locally, BNC and RCA
> connectors (I have some old radios with RCA antenna jacks) mail order,
> but can only find one mention of a Belling-Lee compression connector and
that
> was in a PDF catalog from New Zealand.
>
> I spent a long time looking for them on the UK eBay site, and several UK
> distributors but could only find the the kind that require you to manually
> assemble them. (screw them together).
>
> Am I wasting my time? Are there none of them available? Am I calling them
> by the wrong name, which is why I can't find them?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Geoff.
> --
> Geoffrey S. Mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM
> To help restaurants, as part of the "stimulus package", everyone must
order
> dessert. As part of the socialized health plan, you are forbidden to eat
it. :-)


How about TV coax connector (in the UK that is)
http://www.dastv.co.uk/images/pht/th_s/3407_DAS0982.jpg
What do Americans call the one shown in the above pic?
and I will add to my
http://www.divdev.fsnet.co.uk/tool_terms.htm
UK / USA Tool Terminology Translator




From: Geoffrey S. Mendelson on 25 Jul 2010 17:34
Adrian Tuddenham wrote:
> Geoffrey S. Mendelson <gsm(a)mendelson.com> wrote:
>
>> What do you call a Belling-Lee connector?
>
> Belling-Lee coax plug/socket.
>
> I might be able to find the manufacturer's original part number for you
> if I searched through the back-issues of Wireless World; but if it is
> that difficult to find, I don't suppose anyone will recognise it.
>
> The characteristic impedance of those connectors was 75 ohms. The last
> batch I had from R.S. Components, about two years ago, had sub-standard
> insulation and were mechanically unsound (they fell apart at about the
> fifth time of use). Needless to say, they hadn't been made by Belling &
> Lee.

Ok, thanks.

I'm sure the ones I get here are not either. :-(

Geoff.

--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM
To help restaurants, as part of the "stimulus package", everyone must order
dessert. As part of the socialized health plan, you are forbidden to eat it. :-)
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