Patent ID: 7604514

Claim:
A method of using a coaxial switching jack comprising: providing a housing with an open side and a cover positioned to cover the open side, the cover and the housing cooperating to define an interior; mounting a pair of coaxial assemblies within the housing, 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; mounting a resistor assembly to the housing, the resistor assembly including a resistor; engaging one of the coaxial assemblies with a mating coaxial cable connector to remove the center conductor of the corresponding coaxial assembly from electrical contact with the center conductor of the other non-engaged coaxial assembly and to remove the outer shell conductor of the corresponding coaxial assembly from electrical contact with the outer shell conductor of the other non-engaged coaxial assembly, and to electrically connect a center conductor of the mating coaxial cable connector with the center conductor of the corresponding coaxial assembly and to electrically connect an outer shell conductor of the mating coaxial cable connector with the outer shell conductor of the corresponding coaxial assembly, and to electrically connect together the outer shell conductor and the center conductor of the other non-engaged coaxial assembly through the resistor of the resistor assembly; and changing the resistance level provided by the resistor assembly from an exterior of the housing without removing the cover from the housing wherein the impedance level between the center conductor and the outer shell conductor of the other non-engaged coaxial assembly is changed.