Anyone Replace Antennas on SMC Barricade?

Have a SMC Barricade Router SMC7004AWBR.

Have seen what looks like generic gain-type replacement router antenna
at RS.

Are the antenna on ref SMC router removable (want to know before
trying to unscrew or otherwise remove)?

If they are removable, is there a "gain" antennea replacement
available?

Thanks.


John

John <aljon@no-spam_att.net> wrote:
> Have a SMC Barricade Router SMC7004AWBR.

> Are the antenna on ref SMC router removable (want to know before
> trying to unscrew or otherwise remove)?

The antennaes on my SMC7004WFW are definitely removable, and are obviously
so. They weren't attached when I took the router out of the box.

http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?sec=Pro...-Matrix&site=c
indicates that only the WFW has removeable antennas.
My SMC7004VWBR did not have removable antennaes.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5

A year or so ago I replaced the antennas on a SMC7004AWBR with N-type
connectors to which I attached alternately a cantenna and a recycled
microwave repeater "barbeque grill". Between

1) my sloppy soldering,
2) connector and cable losses,
3) less than perfect antennae, and
4) SWR losses (?) perhaps increased by impedance mis-matches (?),

I saw no breathtaking advantage. The factory-installed antennae do not
unscrew. I bet you will have better results with something from the top of
http://www.freeantennas.com/.

"John" <aljon@no-spam_att.net> wrote in message
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> Have a SMC Barricade Router SMC7004AWBR.
>
> Have seen what looks like generic gain-type replacement router antenna
> at RS.
>
> Are the antenna on ref SMC router removable (want to know before
> trying to unscrew or otherwise remove)?
>
> If they are removable, is there a "gain" antennea replacement
> available?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> John