scope:

This recommended practice provides supplementary information that enhances the user's knowledge and promotes the proper use of precision coaxial connectors.

Purpose

The purpose of this recommended practice is to present information and tools that will inform coaxial connector users and will enhance users' use of coaxial connectors at RF, microwave, and millimeter-wave frequencies. Included is the latest research on the effects seen when connecting coaxial connectors together, a scheme for color coding different sizes of coaxial connectors, guidance for the care and handling of coaxial connectors, and details of how software can be used for looking at the effects and uncertainties encountered when connecting different tolerance connectors together.