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Specifically, an RP SMA female to RP SMA female.

I can lots of connectors with RP SMA female on one end, but not at both ends. I know it exists as I have one in my hand but one of our ham-fisted technicians has managed to snap it.

It's for connecting what looks like a WiFi antenna to one of our workshop lifts. I went in to Maplin and spoke to one of the guys there who looked at it and declared it "unusual" and he had nothing in stock.

I can't find anything on the RS Components website but they don't have one. I can't even find an image of one on Google Images.

It looks like this:

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You like the difficult ones don't you. I don't even have RP SMA adapters in my inter-series adapter kit. The only one I can find is here https://www.data-alliance.net/rp-sma-female-to-female-coupler-adapter-reverse-polarity-connector/ but as the supplier is in the US, it might take a while to get one. Your alternative would be to use a RP SMA to SMA adapter like this http://uk.farnell.com/amphenol-connex/132169rp/adaptor-sma-jack-sma-rp-jack-straight/dp/2293719 and a SMA male to RP SMA female like this http://uk.farnell.com/amphenol-connex/132171rp/adaptor-sma-plug-sma-rp-jack-50ohm/dp/1462750. Not cheap but the two screwed together will give you RP SMA female to RP SMA female.

It's what we refer to at work as an incompatible systems interface or bodge dongle.......

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Either of these any help?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Double-SMA-Female-Coupler-Female-to-Female-Connector-Adaptor-F563730K/231989943808
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UK-Ship-RP-SMA-Female-to-RP-SMA-Female-Adapter-RF-Connector-RP-SMA-KK-/152483820072

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First one is standard SMA not RP (Reversed Polarity), second says it's RP SMA but the picture shows standard SMA. The only one I could find on eBay is this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-RP-SMA-Female-Plug-Center-to-RP-SMA-Female-in-Series-RF-Adapter-Connector/322065869481 but the seller is in China so no telling how long it would take to get here.

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Yeah, it's a PITA to find this connector.

It's for a set of mobile rotary column lifts. The control panel is on one of the lift units and sends a wireless signal to the other three to tell them when it's time to lift or lower a truck.

This one snapped with a truck in the air :(

I've no idea how the tech managed to snap it. The antenna is a good 7 feet in the air on the top of the lift, out of the way of anything he might be doing.

Each unit has a manual override to get a vehicle down in an emergency but it requires four people and good timing to make sure the truck comes down evenly, so we managed to get this one down safely. The lifts are now out of use though, which is causing us problems.

Even the supplier/service agents aren't sure where to get the connector.

I'll order those two from Farnell and make what we need - and tell the techs to be careful in future!

Cheers!