Hello! I had a similar issue with my tablet wifi antenna. I decided to jump into this modification despite being a little sceptical about it. It turned out surprisingly good. Definitely better than the old pipo antenna. Thank you Andrew for the great video!
@@andrewmcneil 👋 2 years later and you're still helping folks- just used this to replace missing antennas on a Acer Nitro- works great. Thanks for the video!
The only reason I don't like dongles is because they protrude. Even a small one could put your USB port in jeopardy of a bad connection if you have a dongle sticking out and you bump it. The next thing you know is you just can't get a reliable connection on that socket any more and trying to transfer files across that connection becomes frustrating. It is only worse when you hear Windows making those noises as it connects and disconnects. Loose USB sockets are a very common problem too. Fortunately some of those sockets are on separate boards inside some laptops and notebooks and connected via a ribbon cable. That is a lot better than having to solder a new socket to the motherboard or in extreme cases buy a new computer. If your computer is fairly old and you have been wanting to upgrade, a loose USB socket may be a good excuse to buy that computer.
I went from no bars to 4 bars on an old HP laptop =) Thank You for this video. I didnt even use the tube from an old antenna. I had some foil tape used for weather proofing. just wrapped a bit around the wire with the shielding making contact with it... then left the 25mm end sticking out. Im sure Id have full bars if I had done it right ..but for a quick fix....YAY!!
hi andrew, i take the screen out of my notebook, and i want to put the antennas inside of the keyboard, it si posible to de-solder de antennas, cut the cable and resolder the same antenna? ty for your video!
It would be very hard for me to explain here in a few sentences. These types of dipole antenna are based on the short dipole. Basically this dipole is short when compared to a wavelength at the operating frequency 100mm v 124mm due to higher feed impedance with this design.
I believe it follows the hertzian dipole where the antenna itself is conductive therefore being able to take it to 25mm instead of 31.25mm which is the length for 2.4GHz
HOLY COW.....thanks dude...i followed your instructions using same materials. soon as i clipped it on BANG.. all the local wireless points show up..before it showed one... And iv only clipped 1 aerial on got the other side to do yet.... BIG THANKS.....24 mm the magic number..wheyyyy
im planning to do this on my acer laptop. i saw your other vid discussing how to make a dipole antenna. can i apply that to this build? (adding a 70mm coil and a 60mm wire)
Thinking of adding a new Intel Dual Band WiFi card. Will this antenna mod work to pickup both signals? After you figure out the BIOS whitelist issue most how-to articles just have you swapping out the cards. Can a dipole pickup both waves?
If I have some empty space in the computer could I just stick the antenna there? It would make it a lot simpler if I could since I won't have to mess with the screen to do it. It just won't be in the most optimal space.
Would this work on something like an andoid tablet? Ive got an android tablet that has horrible wifi which I believe is attributed to the wifi atenna inside.
Hi! I would like to remove the wifi antennas - according to them, there are two in my monitor from my laptop. It's not screwed, so should I try to snap it until it comes off? Should I be careful or is there a "trick"? And I'm trying to remove the shading, right?
Hi, if you dont have colour or indicators on the card/wires, which of the 2 antennas plugs into which socket on the wifi card. i have a card i want to plug into a HP laptop which already has wires from previous card. Does it really matter which wire clips into which socket? also will i need to download drivers for that card for it to work? Thanks
thanks for the video andrew. I have a HP pavillion note book pc15 with broadcom wificard, however I was having very good reception to me upstairs room. But suddenly signal dripped and i hardly get any bars. So my question is how can I rule out that should I upgrade the wifi card or the antenna?
I’ll take a look a my laptop antenna next. For now I’d like to mention some antennas that I bought recently in Friedrichshafen Germany - all copying your designs I suggest. The yagi bi-quad was ‘ok’ but not a patch on the simple looking but excellent double bi-quad that I bought for €10. I should have bought everything on that guy’s table. I’ll rebuild the yagi version because I suspect attention to detail was not too good, it should work better. J.
so you only soldered the ground point ?! and left the positive as the cable main feed ?! ... I was stuck not modifying them all these years because the cable was so small I couldn't seperate the main feed from the ground shielding
Could you have also just soldered a wire to where you cut the ground sleeve pointing in the opposite direction (straight down) instead of the cylinder? Also, have you seen this one? ua-cam.com/video/K87X_qwe4mg/v-deo.html It seems to be designed like an antenna cradle.
I did this on my Toshiba laptop with a couple of pieces of old TV antennas except for the soldering (I wanted to see how far I could go without it) and my reception got worse than it was...what could be the problem?
what I think was going on was, they were using the foil to shield the user from the radiation of the transmitter action. Unfortunately it made the original antenna very directional, if not defective.
Yeah should & in fact it is (sort-of) required. Remember you'll be soldering to this piece of tubing.. For that reason it should either be made of copper or brass (brass is simply copper alloyed w/ zinc), OR it must be plated w/ copper or brass.
i used the tip of an indoor tv antenna.. and followed your tutorial, but i got 1 bar signal of all the wifi. before i modded it. i am receiving around 2 bars -.- please help
Hi I made an antenna just like you, and it is working fine but, the wifi strength keeps flactuating from 72mbps to 130mbps, can you please tell why? waiting for your reply . . .
Si pusiera subtitulos en español,sería el rey del mundo o del universo! Mi duda es, como se cierra el circuito del cable de la antena, se supone que el cable positivo siempre transmita la onda de radio, y que el negativo cierre el circuito? el papel metálico para que sirve? thank you!
+EL VIAJERO DEL TIEMPO HD El papel de aluminio sirve para que las ondas de la pantalla no interfiran pero a las vez obstrullen la señal inalambrica por eso le puso los tubitos de cobre lejos del papel metalico y no las ondas de wifi no se transmienten en circuito por lo que no hay problema dejarlos asi, espero que te sea de ayuda
Thanks for sharing the experience. But I think it'd be better if you simply soldered the ground off from these antennas so that they didn't have a short circuit with their own braid (that is, with common ground), as a result of which the received Wi-Fi signals can increase. Well, developers love to place these "shorted" antennas everywhere. Yes, in a sense, they're right, with such an antenna there's less interference, but it bothers us when we receive a rather weak signal.
I have the same issue with a tablet I bought from wish.. I have a feeling that I know what I'll be doing to it.. wish also "give away" "faulty" tablets via refund.. wink wink. maybe you could perform a tablet antenna upgrade video.. *STRICTLY FOR EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY* ...
Many thanks for a no nonsense video that still comes to good use 5 years after it was uploaded ... ;)
Old yet useful, can finally fix my grandma's pc
Hello!
I had a similar issue with my tablet wifi antenna. I decided to jump into this modification despite being a little sceptical about it. It turned out surprisingly good. Definitely better than the old pipo antenna.
Thank you Andrew for the great video!
WORK like a charm, from almost no signal to full signal. Thank you very much
Its nice to see these old videos are still helping people.
@@andrewmcneil 👋 2 years later and you're still helping folks- just used this to replace missing antennas on a Acer Nitro- works great. Thanks for the video!
Brilliant video. Absolutely brilliant. Love the way you just decided to hack your own antenna. Brilliantly simple solution.
Great idea! I don't know why anyone would give this a thumbs down!
Hope you are doing good till this date.
The only reason I don't like dongles is because they protrude. Even a small one could put your USB port in jeopardy of a bad connection if you have a dongle sticking out and you bump it. The next thing you know is you just can't get a reliable connection on that socket any more and trying to transfer files across that connection becomes frustrating. It is only worse when you hear Windows making those noises as it connects and disconnects. Loose USB sockets are a very common problem too. Fortunately some of those sockets are on separate boards inside some laptops and notebooks and connected via a ribbon cable. That is a lot better than having to solder a new socket to the motherboard or in extreme cases buy a new computer. If your computer is fairly old and you have been wanting to upgrade, a loose USB socket may be a good excuse to buy that computer.
Thanks a lot. I used it for my broken lcd of my laptop. I fix same technique in laptop without lcd to use external lcd. 100 percent working. Thanks
I went from no bars to 4 bars on an old HP laptop =) Thank You for this video. I didnt even use the tube from an old antenna. I had some foil tape used for weather proofing. just wrapped a bit around the wire with the shielding making contact with it... then left the 25mm end sticking out. Im sure Id have full bars if I had done it right ..but for a quick fix....YAY!!
brilliant in its simplicity, gonna go start taking my laptop apart now, fingers crossed
***** it worked for me :)
Brilliant solution. Thanks for sharing!!
hi andrew, i take the screen out of my notebook, and i want to put the antennas inside of the keyboard, it si posible to de-solder de antennas, cut the cable and resolder the same antenna?
ty for your video!
please explain the choice of 25 mm for the tail and 'pipe' length. Quarter wavelength of 2.5 GHz = 30 mm. I'd like to understand it better.
It would be very hard for me to explain here in a few sentences. These types of dipole antenna are based on the short dipole. Basically this dipole is short when compared to a wavelength at the operating frequency 100mm v 124mm due to higher feed impedance with this design.
andrew mcneil
I googled the rest by the keywords. Thank you, good sir.
Anton Lymanets Your welcome
I believe it follows the hertzian dipole where the antenna itself is conductive therefore being able to take it to 25mm instead of 31.25mm which is the length for 2.4GHz
HOLY COW.....thanks dude...i followed your instructions using same materials. soon as i clipped it on BANG.. all the local wireless points show up..before it showed one... And iv only clipped 1 aerial on got the other side to do yet.... BIG THANKS.....24 mm the magic number..wheyyyy
how can i make it work for 2.4 and 5 ghz???
im planning to do this on my acer laptop. i saw your other vid discussing how to make a dipole antenna. can i apply that to this build? (adding a 70mm coil and a 60mm wire)
Thinking of adding a new Intel Dual Band WiFi card. Will this antenna mod work to pickup both signals? After you figure out the BIOS whitelist issue most how-to articles just have you swapping out the cards. Can a dipole pickup both waves?
I had wifi antenna just like that but I accidently tore that metal sheet can I attach it externally to it
AWESOME WOEK!! Makes feel I want to go out there and fix all people's laptops :D ...
If I have some empty space in the computer could I just stick the antenna there? It would make it a lot simpler if I could since I won't have to mess with the screen to do it. It just won't be in the most optimal space.
Would this work on something like an andoid tablet? Ive got an android tablet that has horrible wifi which I believe is attributed to the wifi atenna inside.
Good job, its guys like your videos, that makes watching DYI videos worth putting up with, when they are junk. Except you forgot the links. lol
Hi! I would like to remove the wifi antennas - according to them, there are two in my monitor from my laptop. It's not screwed, so should I try to snap it until it comes off? Should I be careful or is there a "trick"? And I'm trying to remove the shading, right?
Why don't you make custom antennas and selling them on eBay. I tried to search like this everywhere but couldn't find them.
Hi, if you dont have colour or indicators on the card/wires, which of the 2 antennas plugs into which socket on the wifi card. i have a card i want to plug into a HP laptop which already has wires from previous card. Does it really matter which wire clips into which socket? also will i need to download drivers for that card for it to work? Thanks
thanks for the video andrew. I have a HP pavillion note book pc15 with broadcom wificard, however I was having very good reception to me upstairs room. But suddenly signal dripped and i hardly get any bars. So my question is how can I rule out that should I upgrade the wifi card or the antenna?
I’ll take a look a my laptop antenna next. For now I’d like to mention some antennas that I bought recently in Friedrichshafen Germany - all copying your designs I suggest. The yagi bi-quad was ‘ok’ but not a patch on the simple looking but excellent double bi-quad that I bought for €10. I should have bought everything on that guy’s table. I’ll rebuild the yagi version because I suspect attention to detail was not too good, it should work better. J.
Thank you for this video Andrew could you please post the PDF of the instructions.
That will take forever
@@ankahstanley9082 I was hoping he would respond but he is a busy man being a teacher in the UK
so you only soldered the ground point ?! and left the positive as the cable main feed ?! ... I was stuck not modifying them all these years because the cable was so small I couldn't seperate the main feed from the ground shielding
can you feed the original antenna wires down to an external antenna port?
Here in 2022. If your dipole was so much simpler, why did Samsung use Pcb antennas?
money
Could you have also just soldered a wire to where you cut the ground sleeve pointing in the opposite direction (straight down) instead of the cylinder?
Also, have you seen this one? ua-cam.com/video/K87X_qwe4mg/v-deo.html
It seems to be designed like an antenna cradle.
where is the links for the dipoles antennas
ua-cam.com/video/bs8hvXGJdhM/v-deo.html
vayy Türk buldummm. Merhaba :)
Thank's Mike
i think they actually used the shielding as part of the antenna
I did this on my Toshiba laptop with a couple of pieces of old TV antennas except for the soldering (I wanted to see how far I could go without it) and my reception got worse than it was...what could be the problem?
maybe you already had a good antenna...
Why not just uncover the already installed antennas and use it as is would probably improve it without modifying as much
awesome video, subscribed
what I think was going on was, they were using the foil to shield the user from the radiation of the transmitter action. Unfortunately it made the original antenna very directional, if not defective.
i have the same problem with my laptop...... mine is hp notebook 15 ac197nia.... cant connect to far connections
Hi. do you think copper tube will work as same as the metal tube you use in this mode?
Yeah should & in fact it is (sort-of) required. Remember you'll be soldering to this piece of tubing.. For that reason it should either be made of copper or brass (brass is simply copper alloyed w/ zinc), OR it must be plated w/ copper or brass.
which dipole material is used instead of german?
Like the video does it work on Toshiba laptop or it doesn't make no difference. Thank you for sharing.
could've just cut some copper tape to the right size for the bottom pole
i used the tip of an indoor tv antenna.. and followed your tutorial, but i got 1 bar signal of all the wifi. before i modded it. i am receiving around 2 bars -.- please help
use too the old antenas receptor's in the end of cable
2022, and this works 😲
what kind of metal is that?diameter?please let me know thanks
Hello, this method work in 5ghz dual band intel wireless 7260? Good job. Thanks
6:30 Like a boss
What did you applied on the antenna piece to make soldering possible?
i think he just sanded down the antenna piece to remove the outer coating
A must try.
You have got good content. Please organise the videos in Playlist.
very nice. it worked out perfectly
Hi I made an antenna just like you, and it is working fine but, the wifi strength keeps flactuating from 72mbps to 130mbps, can you please tell why?
waiting for your reply . . .
Did you ever find why? Could you solve it?
Si pusiera subtitulos en español,sería el rey del mundo o del universo!
Mi duda es, como se cierra el circuito del cable de la antena, se supone que el cable positivo siempre transmita la onda de radio, y que el negativo cierre el circuito? el papel metálico para que sirve? thank you!
+EL VIAJERO DEL TIEMPO HD El papel de aluminio sirve para que las ondas de la pantalla no interfiran pero a las vez obstrullen la señal inalambrica por eso le puso los tubitos de cobre lejos del papel metalico y no las ondas de wifi no se transmienten en circuito por lo que no hay problema dejarlos asi, espero que te sea de ayuda
y si rompes el aluminio que tiene ya no sirve la antena?
o con los cablecitos y esos cuadrados puede servir como una antena?
а что если сделать большую патч антенну и поместить её под матрицу?
What is the correct diameter of the antenna (pipe)?
I don't think it matters as much. It's only used for shielding.
que material posso usar ?
Thanks!
what a easy mod. thanks big time
Ty!.
will that also improve the Bluetooth?
Not sure, but after I disconnected one of the two cables from my wifi card, my bluetooth is definifely much weaker, while wifi is stronger.
brilliant, thks for sharing
Thanks for sharing the experience. But I think it'd be better if you simply soldered the ground off from these antennas so that they didn't have a short circuit with their own braid (that is, with common ground), as a result of which the received Wi-Fi signals can increase. Well, developers love to place these "shorted" antennas everywhere. Yes, in a sense, they're right, with such an antenna there's less interference, but it bothers us when we receive a rather weak signal.
its not working:(
Tell us the Speed before/after this Job...
Does the antenna you made work for 2.4GHz and 5GHz?
have you tried it?
Sweet
que materiales utilisas
por lo que pude ver, solo la soldadura de estaño y un cautin. la antena vieja de alguna tv o radio y listo.
Nice.
I have the same issue with a tablet I bought from wish..
I have a feeling that I know what I'll be doing to it..
wish also "give away" "faulty" tablets via refund.. wink wink.
maybe you could perform a tablet antenna upgrade video.. *STRICTLY FOR EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY* ...
самое сложное -- это найти такую трубку
goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood
u shoud ask mr sinclair for a job
Haaaaa!😂