[MLB-WIRELESS] Aux antenna port termination

Thomas Phillips Thomas at phillips.net.au
Thu Jul 10 23:17:01 EST 2008


Hi guys thought i would get your opinion on this, i have just received  
2x DCMA-82 Wistron 400mw mini pci cards, and they have 2 antenna ports  
main and aux.

I read somewhere in a pre release technical specifications pdf that if  
the aux port was unused it had to be terminated with a 50 ohm  
resistor. None of the current specification sheets mention this, and  
there has been some confusion between people on some forums that i  
have been reading on weather this is really necessary or not?

I have already made the modification on one of the chips, by ripping  
off the smd mmcx port and soldering a 50 ohm resistor across the  
terminals and it is being detected fine, but am unsure if i should  
bother on the other.

I was also curious if anyone else has done this to any other Wistron  
cards such as the cm9 or any other card for that matter?

Thanks
Tom Phillips



More information about the Melbwireless mailing list