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Revision as of 20:00, 28 March 2023
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General Radio 874 (GR-874) connectors are hermaphroditic (asexual) coaxial RF connectors developed by Eduard Karplus at General Radio in the late 1940s, initially for applications up to "4500 Mc" (4.5 GHz).
GR-874 connectors are carefully engineered to keep a constant impedance throughout the signal path, by varying connector diameters between free-air and dielectrically supported sections. These connectors therefore exhibit very little reflection and are well suited for gigahertz and pulse applications.
Most GR-874 connectors came in 50 Ω impedance. Versions for 75 Ω and 125 Ω were also available using the same ground shield and housing, but different (thinner) center pin geometry. The Tektronix 519 uses the 125 Ω GR-874 variant.
The regular 50 Ω version is used in the 1S1, 1S2, 3S1, 3S7, 3T7, 4S1, 4S2, 5T1, 5T1A, 5T3, 7M11, N, S-1, S-2, 106, 109, 110, 113, 191, 280, 281, 282, P6051, 017-0086-00, 017-0088-00, 035-5031-00, 067-506, 067-0511-00, 067-0594-00, 067-0832-01, and possibly others.
Different versions of the connector have different maximum voltage ratings; 1000 V is typical. There are locking and non-locking versions.
By the 1970s, GR-874 connectors were being supplanted by SMA connectors in test equipment, see e.g. the progression from the S-1 to the S-4 sampling heads.
GR-874 connectors and adapters continue to be available through IET Labs, Max-Gain Systems, Pasternack and possibly others.
Links
- A Radically New Coaxial Connector for the Laboratory. General Radio Experimenter, Volume XXIII No.5, October 1948
- New and Improved Coaxial Connectors. General Radio Experimenter, Volume 35 No.10, October 1961
- GR-874 Section of 1973 General Radio Catalog (PDF)
- GR connector @ Wikipedia
- US Patent #2,548,457A, Coaxial connector for high-frequency transmission lines. Filed 10 Jan 1947, granted 10 Apr 1951.
- MGS sales list of GR874 hardware
- 017-051/017-052/017-053/017-055 adapters
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GR-874 connectors on a 106 pulse generator
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50 Ω GR-874 connector
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125 Ω GR-874 connector
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Two 75 Ω and one 50 Ω GR-874 connectors
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An assortment of GR-874 connectors and adapters
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GR-874 50 Ω Terminator
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7M11 delay line front panel with four GR-874 connectors
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GR-874 connector on S-1 sampling head
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Patent drawings from US2548457