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Anyone know of EVDO cards that have EXTERNAL antenna connectors?

My docking station is under a rear seat in the burb leaving a lot of steel to obscure the on card antenna.

A couple sierra wireless cards do, that's all I can find.

My Verizon V620 has it. Most, if not all the VZW ones that I have seen have some sort or external antenna connector

Actually the opposite.

Verizon is only offering 2 maybe 3 PCMCIA cards and only the V620 has the external antenna jack on it. And I have found that the external antenna does not make much of a difference, if any at all.

Even in a potentially obscured mounting location?

apco25 wrote:Anyone know of EVDO cards that have EXTERNAL antenna connectors?

My docking station is under a rear seat in the burb leaving a lot of steel to obscure the on card antenna.

A couple sierra wireless cards do, that's all I can find.

I just tested a Sprint PCS EVDO card for work, it was a Sierra Wireless card and it DID have a antenna jack. Don't ask me what type is though, I have no idea. I can get the model # for you tomorrow if you need it....

Dave

Usually, the external antenna makes no difference because of the loss associated in the coax run. You can deal with this a couple of ways... personally, I'm running LMR coax for the antenna which helps, and I'm also running a bidirectional "smart" amplifier.

The right answer is one of the Sierra Wireless modem boxes, but those are mucho dinero.

Most likely and "MC" connector.

If you've got the model # PM it to me as there are a lot of cards with slightly different model #'s floating around.

Most of the MDC installs in this area have external antennas, I believe most have an in line bi directional amplifier. I am not sure of the brand.