CATV package designed for underground system use

An electrical component package for use in underground cable network applications comprising:

• a T-plate having a vertically oriented flat upstanding portion and an orthogonally oriented base plate portion having a number of apertures therein;
• a pair of printed circuit boards mounted to either side of the upstanding portion of said T-plate to produce an interior assembly, said printed circuit boards having a number of right-angled coaxial connectors at the bottom thereof extending through corresponding apertures in the base plate portion of said T-plate;
• a base having a top surface and a corresponding number of mating coaxial connectors extending therethrough, with one portion of each mating connector exosed at the top surface of said base and receiving a mating portion of a corresponding right-angled connector, said base being secured to said T-plate such that said coaxial connectors mate;
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• a cover over said interior assembly and said base to provide a vertically oriented package with a number of coaxial connectors extending from only one end of said package.