Re: Soldering external antenna to Orinoco a/b/g ComboCard

Trevor Harmon <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.network.wireless.seattle.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Apr 4, 2005, at 7:02 PM, Bryan (Mobile) wrote:

> you've got what appears to be a u.fl connector on the card - why not 
> use it?

Actually, I had never heard of a u.fl connector until you mentioned it, 
but upon further research, it seems that the part you are referring to 
is not a u.fl connector at all. You can see a real u.fl connector here: 
http://www.hirose.co.jp/cat2002e/co_axial/miniature/image/u_fl_1.jpg

Note that this is different from the part on my card, which is 
funnel-shaped, not cylindrical like the u.fl, and it has no center pin. 
It appears to be merely a tap to the wire below, as shown here: 
http://atari.saturn5.com/~jwb/smc/connector.jpg

I found the above picture from this discussion: 
http://lists.bawug.org/pipermail/wireless/2002-January/019314.html

They seemed to come to the conclusion that the connector is merely for 
diagnostic/testing at the factory.

So, how would I go about soldering the leads of my antenna to this 
board? Do I just solder one wire to one internal antenna part and the 
other wire to the other part?

Thanks,

Trevor

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