It's hardly rocket science, with crimp connectors------ "clamp" type "N" & BNC connectors are an abomination, however!
Naah, it is a bit fiddly, but I actually prefer being given a second chance on bodging things. As you've got a history in broadcast, you might be familiar with the fischer and LEMO triaxial connectors used to connect studio cameras.
(for those without a history in broadcast engineering, it's a multiplex system where bi-directional video, audio and telemetry gets superimposed on 200+ VDC on a triaxial cable that's connected with submersible connectors and allows for perhaps 1300 meters of cable between camera and base station.)
I used to build such cables. My personal record was 15 minutes for one connector. The fitting instructions were demanding, with stripping instructions to fractions of a mm. Took razor blade, calipers and IIRC 3 special tools, mostly extra thin spanners. Now it's all optical, but a special cable that's got a couple of copper strands for power and also is ruggedised. (No, broadcast engineers don't inspect/assess/clean-if-necessary/inspect/assess/connect-if-OK-else-repeat, they clean and connect, regardless. Lots of prayers there. )
Compared to those, a solder-and-clamp N plug for RG213 or the more modern foam dielectric variants is a piece of cake. I've got a stash of 90° RG213 TNC from Rosenberger, which are a bit fiddly though, mostly because the "manhole" for soldering the centre conductor is so narrow. One of the things that make me do it is that the swedish milspec soldering qualification test,
FSD 5115 goes to some detail in describing how an acceptable clamp/solder connection is made. It must be hard, then, and that makes it worth doing!
Unfortunately, crimp PL259 style connectors are pretty much unobtainium at the usual Oz "bricks n' mortar" Electronics retailers, but there are plenty of "N" & BNC connectors in stock.
I'm not modifying all my ham gear to "N", though, ---------adaptors are still fairly readily available.
Where I can't swap jacks (yet) I tend to make a special cable that will take that radio's RF connection to the antenna patch bay where it is all BNC today.
I remember years ago, seeing ham radio projects using (blecchh!) "Belling Lee" connectors----------PL259s are a quantum leap beyond that!
That is a special kind of bad. Given that even a tolerable Chinesium BNC is cheap these days, I'm astonished that people even consider such stupidity. They really must like transmission losses.