Product Description

In electrical and mechanical trades and manufacturing, each half of a pair of mating connectors or fasteners is conventionally assigned the designation male or female. The "female" connector is generally a receptacle that receives and holds the "male" connector pin. However, a Reverse Polarity (RP) connector is exactly opposite. The threading on the "male" is on the inside, and the connector is a receptacle that receives the "female" connector which has the connector pin and the threading is on the outside. The term "reverse polarity" here refers only to the gender of the connector's contact pin, not in any way to the signal polarity. Because they were not readily available, RP connectors have been widely used by Wi-Fi equipment manufacturers to comply with specific local regulations, such as those from the FCC, which are designed to prevent consumers from connecting antennas which exhibit gain and therefore breach compliance. TheN connector(in full,Type N connector) is a threaded, medium-sizeRF connectorused to joincoaxial cables. It was one of the first connectors capable of carryingmicrowave-frequency signals, and was invented in the 1940s. Precision enhancements to the design have allowed this connector to carry signals up to frequencies of 18 GHz. Best signals result in proper connection between the cables when thee are no significant steps or gaps between them.