Never mind what I said below about making an antenna (which I’ve made a number
of for various satellite receivers and other set-top boxes that use a coax
fitting for antennas. I was working off of faulty memory about the connector
for the G5 antenna. What I’ve got is a G5 Power Mac tower Airport “T” antenna
and a proper G5 tower bluetooth antenna. I’ve got the antenna and bluetooth
cards, plus the 4 screws that hold them in place. I’ve also got an Airport
Extreme card. Plus I’ve got 3 sets of the original Apple Mac Pro hard drive
roundhead black screws.
Jim Scott, Eureka, CA
> On Aug 25, 2016, at 3:32 PM, Jim Scott <jesco...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You could cut off the end of a coax cable, leaving about 6 inches of cable.
> Then strip about 4-5 inches of insulation. Put a right angle bend in the
> bare wire at the remaining insulation. Or strip a longer piece of coax and
> fold it into a "T". Voila!
> Or you could buy the OEM Apple antenna plus a set of the correct Apple had
> drive screws from me, shipped USPS Priority Mail from Eureka CA. How much do
> you want to pay for that?
> Jim Scott
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Aug 25, 2016, at 3:03 PM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>> On Aug 25, 2016, at 1:59 PM, TVirkkala <multi...@wirkman.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> A few years ago a friend's cat chewed up the antenna on my old G5, 1.8.
>>>
>>> Now I need it! Finding a replacement seems rather expensive though. Look at
>>> this price!
>>>
>>> https://www.macpartsdepot.com/922-6043-airport-external-antenna-mac-pro-g5-powermac.html?gclid=CKWWsaHl284CFcSCfgodRqwK2w
>>>
>>> $55! That's just the antenna.
>>>
>>> Are there any workarounds? Could one screw something into the card (there
>>> is a place to screw in the antenna) and then use a piece of wire to get the
>>> antenna? Or can I take the little antennae I have on some old wireless
>>> cards hanging around here and attach it to the wireless card on the G5?
>>
>> You could probably get an appropriate wireless pigtail and attach a regular
>> antenna
>>
>> --
>> Bruce Johnson
>> University of Arizona
>> College of Pharmacy
>> Information Technology Group
>>
>> Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs
>>
>>
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