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Step 4Almost done!
Now the time is here where we connect everything up.
Solder the shielding to the grounding plate and cut of any extra wire.
Solder the inner conductor to the start of the built in antenna and cut of any extra wire.
Look at the pic to see how I did it, I am not saying that it is the right way or the best way it is just one way of doing it. I doubled the inner conductor back in a U shape because it was easier to make it fit that way and I thought it may also give it some strain relief.
This is a good time to test it. Plug the dongle in to your computer and check it still works, try an antenna if you get better range then you really are almost done, skip the rest of this stem and move on.
When I tried this there was no change. Dont be disappointed just yet, I found that even with the external antenna it was still using the internal so here is what to do.
With your X-Acto knife or whatever is your weapon of choice cut the track that is the built in antenna just after where you soldered the center conductor. You cant really see this in the pic but its there. Make sure you cut all the way through it. Then test again.
Solder the shielding to the grounding plate and cut of any extra wire.
Solder the inner conductor to the start of the built in antenna and cut of any extra wire.
Look at the pic to see how I did it, I am not saying that it is the right way or the best way it is just one way of doing it. I doubled the inner conductor back in a U shape because it was easier to make it fit that way and I thought it may also give it some strain relief.
This is a good time to test it. Plug the dongle in to your computer and check it still works, try an antenna if you get better range then you really are almost done, skip the rest of this stem and move on.
When I tried this there was no change. Dont be disappointed just yet, I found that even with the external antenna it was still using the internal so here is what to do.
With your X-Acto knife or whatever is your weapon of choice cut the track that is the built in antenna just after where you soldered the center conductor. You cant really see this in the pic but its there. Make sure you cut all the way through it. Then test again.
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