Patent ID: 8353714

Claim:
A coaxial switching jack comprising: a pair of cable connection locations configured to receive a mating coaxial cable connector; a pair of coaxial assemblies, each coaxial assembly including a center conductor and an outer shell conductor, the center conductors of the coaxial assemblies being electrically connected to each other and the outer shell conductors of the coaxial assemblies being electrically connected to each other when a mating coaxial cable connector is not inserted into one of the cable connection locations; and a resistor assembly, the resistance level of the resistor assembly being changeable without removing the resistor assembly from the coaxial switching jack; wherein insertion of a mating coaxial cable connector into one of the cable connection locations electrically isolates the two coaxial assemblies from each other and causes the center conductor of the non-mated coaxial assembly to be electrically connected to the outer shell conductor of the non-mated coaxial assembly through the resistor assembly, wherein the impedance level between the center conductor and the outer shell conductor of the non-mated coaxial assembly can be changed through the resistor assembly.