External Antenna Hack for MR3020

Hi,

has anyone here tried adding an external antenna to the MR3020?
I've found this guide [apollo.open-resource.org]

What would be a good antenna?

Would it be useful? The box may have a wide range, but I'm afraid the client won't have the power to connect.

So I've tried this out like in the guide and I think it turned out nice.






I bought the TP-Link TL-ANT2408CL [www.amazon.de] antenna and an adapter cable [www.amazon.de]
I cut of the small ending there and soldered it to the board. Just had to drill a hole so I could put the connector there.

Did you notive a real improvement in the signal?
How can you be sure it is working?

I did something similar with the R3040....

Without...



And with antenna....



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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/15/2014 09:55PM by Entity.

Cool mod.
I have a 3040 and would like to try this as well.
How much is range improved? and what effect does it have on batter life?

Another test on m3020 ... without Piratebox Script but a elegant Mesh Extender prototype 09/2013


Site : [servalpaul.blogspot.fr]
Projet of Dr. Paul Gardner-Stephen (Australia)

Piratebox: version 1.0 => TpLink WR703N vers 1.6 / RaspberryPi [BZH, Fr]

I was wondering if this could be done now i know it can so I just ordered the R3040 from walmart. Im picking it up today. Is there somewhere you can link that gives a tutorial on how to do this? New member soon to be joining (smiles)

stingray12 Wrote:
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> I was wondering if this could be done now i know
> it can so I just ordered the R3040 from walmart.
> Im picking it up today. Is there somewhere you
> can link that gives a tutorial on how to do this?
> New member soon to be joining (smiles)

I decided to go with the TP-Link TL-WDR4300 instead it has a 560 mhz 8meg flash and 128 ram and if i wanted i could make it mobile as well. I also like the 3 external antenna setup which would allow me to choose the height of the antennas if thats an issue. its also ready for a portable external hard drive if i want to use one. (I realize the main value of this pirate box idea is you dont have to dedicate a pc 24/7 for this use and this is made to run 24/7 and its not windows based)

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/27/2014 02:37PM by stingray12.