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Offline flygpagen

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Anyone put a better receiver antenna on a WH2900?
« on: September 28, 2021, 05:40:19 AM »
Hi!

Just a hunch - has anyone tried improving reception of the base unit by replacing the (what I believe exists) internal antenna? I.e. opened it up and put in a pigtail or such? I would like to know.

Offline davidefa

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Re: Anyone put a better receiver antenna on a WH2900?
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2021, 10:45:47 AM »
Same antenna, extended out of the console: https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=37718.0
Or you can substitute the internal antenna with a sma connector and an external antenna ( like this one )

Offline flygpagen

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Re: Anyone put a better receiver antenna on a WH2900?
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2021, 11:34:07 AM »
Excellent, thank you!

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Re: Anyone put a better receiver antenna on a WH2900?
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2021, 02:04:44 PM »
Something interesting if you have a 3D printer. https://3dmixers.com/m/340363-yagi-antenna-915-mhz-and-1240-mhz

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Re: Anyone put a better receiver antenna on a WH2900?
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2021, 01:55:37 AM »
You can also improve the antenna in the outdoor array.

https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=40198.msg412457

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Re: Anyone put a better receiver antenna on a WH2900?
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2021, 09:03:28 AM »
Same antenna, extended out of the console: https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=37718.0
Or you can substitute the internal antenna with a sma connector and an external antenna ( like this one )

Works like a charm! Thanks!