actually, there is open the card case, and you'll notice two L-shaped pieces of metal connected to the circuit board by 2 sodder points
those are the dipoles - just cut em, and that'll help the cause careful, invalidates the warranty -Charles -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jason Johnson Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 3:53 PM To: Tyson Macaulay; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [BAWUG] bypassing internal Orinoco antennas The internal antennas are usually printed directly on the PCB... you would have to hack the case open and get at the board, cut some traces, etc. This can prove difficult with Microwave signals as any sharp edges or exposed surfaces could cause interference or radiate stray signals. My guess is there is no way to bypass the internal antenna altogether without some clever hacking or else shielding the whole unit with a grounded foil wrapper or something like that. --Jason -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tyson Macaulay Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 12:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BAWUG] bypassing internal Orinoco antennas Hi all, Some recent work using Orinoco cards and external antennas seems to indicate that when an external antenna is hooked up through the (proprietary) connector, the internal diversity antennas are still active. I was led to believe that once an external was in place, the internal antennas were by-passed automatically. Can anyone point to some on-line photos of an Orinoco card without the casing so I can see how the antennas are connected? And /or a description of how to remove the casing? My objective is to find a way to completely bypass the internal antennas once an external is attached through the connector. Or, if necessary, permanently by-pass the internal antennas in favour of an external antenna. Thanks, Tyson -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
