Abstract: Male and female reduced thread coaxial connectors for interconnecting center and outer conductors of pairs of coaxial signal lines each has a rear tubular connector body section for attachment in electrically conductive contact to the outer conductor of a coaxial cable and a front cylindrically shaped body section which is in electrically conductive contact with the rear body section and protrudes axially forward therefrom. The front body section of the male reduced thread connector has a longitudinally disposed bore, the circumferential wall surface of which has in a rear portion thereof helical threads adapted to threadingly engage threads on an outer cylindrical surface of the front connector body section of a standard fully threaded female coaxial connector, and a front unthreaded portion which is adapted to insertably receive the front female connector body section and thereby guide the axes of the female and the male connectors into alignment prior to mutual contact of their threaded surfaces.

Abstract: Male and female reduced thread coaxial connectors for interconnecting center and outer conductors of pairs of coaxial signal lines each has a rear tubular connector body section for attachment in electrically conductive contact to the outer conductor of a coaxial cable and a front cylindrically shaped body section which is in electrically conductive contact with the rear body section and protrudes axially forward therefrom. The front body section of the male reduced thread connector has a longitudinally disposed bore, the circumferential wall surface of which has in a rear portion thereof helical threads adapted to threadingly engage threads on an outer cylindrical surface of the front connector body section of a standard fully threaded female coaxial connector, and a front unthreaded portion which is adapted to insertably receive the front female connector body section and thereby guide the axes of the female and the male connectors into alignment prior to mutual contact of their threaded surfaces.