The connector is a switching jack. The antenna on the PCB is for the 802.11a radio. The elevated sheet is switched with the jack. I have considered soldering my own pigtail on. I just need to decide what is the most suitable plug to put on the other end.
<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/3/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">vak</b> <<a href="mailto:vak@alphalink.com.au">vak@alphalink.com.au</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Get your trusty soldering iron out, desolder the connector and hardwire<br>a pigtail to it :) Might be cheaper than what the card is worth.<br><br>Having a look at some photos of it, it looks like there are two<br>radiating elements (antennas) - one being a PCB patch and the other
<br>being an elevated sheet metal patch (possibly shorted stub). If you<br>cannot switch diversity off via software, you might be forced to cut the<br>transmission line and short it to ground via a resistor (30-100ohms<br>
should be sufficient - there is no guarantee the tx line is 50 ohms).<br><br>Here is a high res photo for anyone interested:<br><a href="http://www.mobilnews.cz/blog/files/nec_disass_motherboard_front1.jpg">http://www.mobilnews.cz/blog/files/nec_disass_motherboard_front1.jpg
</a><br><br>or<br><br><a href="http://www.mobilnews.cz/blog/?p=6">http://www.mobilnews.cz/blog/?p=6</a><br><br><br>covert covert wrote:<br><br>> I have a NEC Warpstar Aterm WL54AG. I am trying to find a pigtail for<br>
> it so I can plug it up to the omni I got of TIB many many moons ago.<br>><br>> The connector is a Hirose MS-147. I am led to believe some antenna<br>> connectors on phones will work too with a minor modification with a
<br>> grinder.<br>><br>> The connector on the omni is a type N.<br>><br>> I am located near Frankston. Anyone able to point me in the right<br>> direction or were to get one ?<br>><br>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
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