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On 08.01.2012 16:52, Boudewijn wrote:
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<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">Wow... That's a lot for
a piece of wire with connectors. I didn't find any offer for
less than $50 in a couple of minutes searching. </p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">Does the antenna need
coax or 2 poles? Or is a needle pinned in the connector
sufficient to catch a (marginal) better reception? </p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">Boudewijn</p>
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Because of the size/looks/cost perspective of the cellphone
manufacturers, most of the antennas aren't even close to optimal.
For this reason sometimes even a piece of wire can give you a fair
connectivity. Also an old radio antenna might work really well even
its not meant for those frequencies. If you are only interested in
hacking 3g data connection. You can hack an old WIFI antenna to your
GTA04, since those are meant for 2,4GHz and should work ok with
2,1GHz as well.<br>
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However, that way you might boost your signal beyond what's legal in
your country, so don't over do this unless being a criminal is fine
by you ;).<br>
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-Eikka<br>
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