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This looks to be a much more active forum than another I tried to get some feedback on recently...same question, hoping someone here can weigh-in on this before I potentially make a mistake.
I'm installing a mini PCI WLAN card (802.11n/g) and antenna inside of a small form-factor PC. The enclosure is fully shielded with only two small slots in which to mount the tabs at the end of the WLAN internal antennas.
I can easily route the excess antenna cable inside the enclosure, though it would be nice to shorten these to the minimum length.
More importantly, the tabs at the ends of the antenna are too large to fit properly in the slots outside of the shielding meant to receive them.
Is there any functional harm in:
1. shortening the antenna cables - I would guess not as they're inside of an shielded case anyway, and
2. can the tabs at the ends of the cables be trimmed slightly to fit the enclosure better without affecting their ability to properly TX/RX?
Distance isn't much of a factor - as the crow flies, this unit will be less than 10ft from the wireless router.
Thanks in advance,
Adam
For reference, these are the antennae that I'm referring to (pretty standard Tyco wlan antennae):
http://www.pigslipstick.com/uploads/misc/mini_wlan_antennen.jpg
I'm installing a mini PCI WLAN card (802.11n/g) and antenna inside of a small form-factor PC. The enclosure is fully shielded with only two small slots in which to mount the tabs at the end of the WLAN internal antennas.
I can easily route the excess antenna cable inside the enclosure, though it would be nice to shorten these to the minimum length.
More importantly, the tabs at the ends of the antenna are too large to fit properly in the slots outside of the shielding meant to receive them.
Is there any functional harm in:
1. shortening the antenna cables - I would guess not as they're inside of an shielded case anyway, and
2. can the tabs at the ends of the cables be trimmed slightly to fit the enclosure better without affecting their ability to properly TX/RX?
Distance isn't much of a factor - as the crow flies, this unit will be less than 10ft from the wireless router.
Thanks in advance,
Adam
For reference, these are the antennae that I'm referring to (pretty standard Tyco wlan antennae):
http://www.pigslipstick.com/uploads/misc/mini_wlan_antennen.jpg
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