orinoco gold permanently soldering pigtail

hondaman440 · 09-04-2004

I have an orinoco gold card that i use for wardriving. I also have an orinoco to n connector pigtail. My problem is that all the little tabs have broken off the orinoco side so the pigtail no longer stays in. What I want to do is just hardwire my pigtail into the card, get rid of the jack for good. I haven't been able to even get the card open to see if this feasible or not. What would be the pros and cons of this setup? Would I lose and signal strength? Also and tutorials or links on getting this thing open and soldering in the pigtail would rock.
Thanx
Ian

peekitty · 09-04-2004

The "tabs" are on the pigtail's MC plug , you just need to replace that (and insert it with care in the future.) Soldering it would be difficult and you'd be likely to short the connection.

King_Ice_Flash · 09-04-2004

Epoxy or tape it to the card.

Barry · 09-04-2004

"bulldog clips" work really well too.

09-04-2004	#1 (permalink)
hondaman440 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1	orinoco gold permanently soldering pigtail I have an orinoco gold card that i use for wardriving. I also have an orinoco to n connector pigtail. My problem is that all the little tabs have broken off the orinoco side so the pigtail no longer stays in. What I want to do is just hardwire my pigtail into the card, get rid of the jack for good. I haven't been able to even get the card open to see if this feasible or not. What would be the pros and cons of this setup? Would I lose and signal strength? Also and tutorials or links on getting this thing open and soldering in the pigtail would rock. Thanx Ian

09-04-2004	#3 (permalink)
King_Ice_Flash Alien Paranoid Stumbler Join Date: May 2003 Location: WI Posts: 2,688	Epoxy or tape it to the card. __________________ "Yeah," said a voice from under the table, "you go to pieces so fast people get hit by the shrapnel."

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Barry Managing the iTards. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 5,883	"bulldog clips" work really well too. __________________ Never do anything you don't want to explain to the paramedics.

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09-04-2004	#2 (permalink)
peekitty Macaca Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S. Florida Posts: 1,056	The "tabs" are on the pigtail's MC plug , you just need to replace that (and insert it with care in the future.) Soldering it would be difficult and you'd be likely to short the connection.