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    OEM Bluetooth Antenna location

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by interestingfellow, Jul 6, 2010.

  1. interestingfellow

    interestingfellow Notebook Deity

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    Ok, I have my cf-29 with a diy GPS and BT dongle, and I"m finding the BT connection sucks. I was curious what the OEM solution is for mounting the BT antenna to compensate for all that Mg alloy?

    I know that BT and 802.11b/g run at 2.4ghz, and there is often a check box for what ever configuration for wifi like "bluetooth coexistence".
    Is there a way to allow the BT dongle and the wifi card to share one of the antennas???
     
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  2. mnementh

    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    If I recall the post I saw it on correctly I believe there is a third spot on top of the LCD, about in the middle above the latch, that has the antenna mounting for the BT antenna.

    If not, well... you needed to look inside the LCD anyways, didn't you?

    mnem
    0h smeg...
     
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  3. tough-2-go

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    The CF-29's BT antenna is located under the plastic keyboard bezel near the left side. Just like the CF-30.
     
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    interestingfellow Notebook Deity

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    My touch is crapping out, and I'll be installing a wwan antenna in there, so I'll look in the lid first, and then the keyboard.....

    theoretically a wifi flag antenna would be a good candidate to use, since bt and wifi are both 2.4ghz?
     
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  5. mnementh

    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    Well... I stand corrected.

    *Slinks off to a dark corner where he can't do any damage*


    *EDIT* I just stumbled across the post I was thinking of; boy did I remember it wrong. It was a CF-18 and the BT antenna was on the side, not the top. I'm going to blame this one on my CRS, then declare success and move on. ;) *EDIT*

    mnem
    "I thought I was wrong once; but I was mistaken."
     
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