I meant to send this response to the entire SI-List group and realized that it only went out to Moore Mo. Eric Sweetman Moore Mo, Precision 3.5 mm connectors have generally have air dielectric, tighter tolerences on pin lengths and centering. They are also more fragile than SMA connectors. They can often mate with SMA connectors but only with care. Agilent calibration sets for their higher frequency VNAs come with dial gauges to test pin position. The female short is especially fragile and can be permanently damaged by a damaged male SMA connector or one with a center pin which is >5 mils too long. Eric Sweetman > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Moore Mo (Mo Daochun)" <modaochun@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 5:43 PM > Subject: [SI-LIST] What's difference between 3.5mm and SMA? > > > > Hi All: > > > > We often meet some RF and microwave connector of 3.5mm, and some of > SMA, what 's difference between them? > > > > Best Regards > > > > Moore Mo (Modaochun) > > Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd. > > Tel: 86 755 26540544/26540065/6540808 > > Fax: 86 755 26540568 > > Email:modaochun@xxxxxxxxxx > > website: http: // www.huawei.com > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from si-list: > > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > > > For help: > > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > > > List archives are viewable at: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > > or at our remote archives: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu