[chbot] laptop 2.4g aerials

[Charles Manning]

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On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 6:14 AM, Mark Atherton <markaren1 at xtra.co.nz> wrote:

> Connector is usually a "U.FL"
>
> You may be better off taking an old Access Point apart and removing the
> U.FL to RP-SMA cable. Then (re)attaching an RP-SMA antenna.
>
> Don't think you will blow things up if you power the radio up unterminated.
>
> Radio is an AP6212 with +17.5dBm TX power max, this is 56mW in real-money,
> and is not high power.
>
> Nice to hear about someone being respectful of their radio, this makes a
> change.
>
> Hope to see you this eve at Robotics
>
> Regards, Mark
>
>
>
> On 15/01/2018 2:18 AM, Peter Ellens wrote:
>
>> In the past I have seen a few  laptops come threw the club, I would
>> presume at lease some got taken to bits...
>>
>> Has anyone got a 2.4g wifi aerials laying from a laptop about that they
>> don't want?
>>
>> I have a Banana Pi M2 Zero that needs an aerial, its got a tiny RF
>> connector, that looks to me be be the same as found in most laptop wifi
>> cards (cant seem to find a name for this connector)
>>
>> Can anyone help?
>>
>> I don't really want to power it up without an aerial, no idea if the RF
>> side would annihilate itself or not
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>>
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