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Old 05-31-2004   #11 (permalink)
peekitty
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Originally Posted by The Others
That's nice. A couple of questions though...

You were not tempted to use the hirose connector? I know the connectors are not the easiest thing to source, but, you'd have save the solder.
There's no temptation to spend another $25 for a pigtail from Netgate when I have two big rolls of solder on the shelf and a spare RP-SMA pigtail.
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Does the hirose connect to the onboard antenna or the one you added?
No, it's not connected to anything. If I undestand their function correctly, plugging into the Hirose socket will interrupt the circuit to the other two antennae, so you get no diversity.
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How well does the diversity function?
I don't really know, I'm hoping the circuitry will take pity on me and favor the higher gain antenna. I bought a second unit that's gone unmodified for a side-by-side comparison, so far the results look promising but I'm still waiting for my SMA->N pigtail to arrive.
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