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Old 04-27-2005   #1 (permalink)
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help needed to make linksys wpc54g external antenna/pigtail
Hi all, I am in japan here and bored out of my skull, have a couple of these WPC54G cards (revision 1.2) and thought I would try my hand at soldering some coaxial to attach to an external antenna.

I've searched the forums as well as the FCC site, but didn't find anything that helped.

here's a pic of the PCB: HIGH RES PICTURE

My guess is to just solder to the ground and the antenna point but those are just guesses I'm really not sure what those points are precisely

any information or insight is greatly appreciated

by the way, I did a cursory test by touching the contacts with the antenna cable I have and my reception seemed to go up from 66% to 100% but results were inconsistant and I would really like to know the nitty=gritty behind the PCB details before I go ahead and solder.

thanks
neal
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Old 04-27-2005   #2 (permalink)
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Don't forget, that card has two antennas!
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Old 04-27-2005   #3 (permalink)
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Don't forget, that card has two antennas!
wrzwaldo knows where it's at. It sure looks like there's a diversity switch and related components on that board. You should probably either remove those and bridge the appropriate connections, or bypass the whole switching circuit. Otherwise you're apt to have some, uh, interesting results.
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While not the same card, here is a story about the removal of diversity switching.

Cisco's word on diversity.
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