On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Julian Bond wrote: > Joel Jaeggli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The connector on the minipci cards is a surface mount u.fl connector... > >you can probably find them from a large distributor of hirose electronics > >rf connectors. you won't be able to crimp something that small unless > >you're a jeweler or own a robotic assembly line. these connectors will not > >survive repeated connection/disconnection cycles or significant strain so > >they're only appropriate for internal connections. or connectioning to a > >larger bulkhead jack. > > > >a cable you'd use with that would be something like co-6f-(d)sb-cx50 from > >hitachi cable which is .81mm diameter. > > Any ideas on why there are two cables and two connectors?
diversity. > And are the > cable and connectors coax? yes > I guess these are generic questions about > laptop internal antenna design as well. most laptop internal antennas are a flat patch design... if you happen to know someone with a newer thinkpad X series they're mounted on either side of the screen. > Maybe it would easier to > intercept the antenna and run an external socket there. At this point I > have a vision of a chassis N-Type sticking out of the back of the > screen... crimping a .81mm cable is really hard. > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel Jaeggli Unix Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Key Fingerprint: 5C6E 0104 BAF0 40B0 5BD3 C38B F000 35AB B67F 56B2 -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
