The male connector is hand-tightened (though versions with a hex nut are also available) and has an air gap between the center and outer conductors.

As torque limit depends only on thread quality and cleanliness, whereas the main operational requirement is good RF contact without significant steps or gaps, these values should be seen as indicative rather than critical.

The average power rating is determined by overheating of the centre contact due to resistive insertion loss, and thus is a function of frequency.

Typical makers' curves for a new clean connector with a perfect load (VSWR=1.0) give limits of ≈5000 W at 20 MHz and ≈500 W at 2 GHz.

SnapN was originally designed by Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik in 2006 and is a quick locking replacement for the threaded interface of the widely applied Type N connector.

[8] Type N connectors find wide use in many lower frequency microwave systems, where ruggedness and/or low cost are needed.

Some Medium Attachment Units had both male and female N connectors, allowing the MAU to come in between two N connector-capped thick coaxial cables for effective passthrough.