See if you can find a drawing of a Peltola connector. This is a very low
cost but high performance connector for RG-174 type cable (having a
solid center conductor) designed by Ron Peltola at Tektronix and used in
Tek scopes and other equipment for many years. You're likely to find
some to look at in just about any analog Tek scope from the '70s onwards.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Bob Liesenfeld wrote:
Hi gang,
I've been thinking about making some homebrew connectors for RG-174/U
coax. I plan to use them to interconnect several enclosures made of PC
board material. I envision something like an SMB connector made from
some of the brass tubing that can be found in hobby shops. Rather than
re-invent the wheel, I thought I would ask here if anyone has done
something like this. The goal is to avoid the large size of something
like a BNC connector along with the attendant high cost of most all RF
connectors.

Tnx!

Bob WB0POQ