Laptop antennas on hinges.

Just some general confusion...

I just finished repairing a Compaq 2120US laptop (bashed in power
connector) and noticed the rather poorly located and tiny wi-fi
antennas.
| http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/antennas...aq-2120us.html
The two antennas are mounted on the display hinges. Also note the
halfway crunched coaxial cable. As expected, the signal strength on
this laptop was considerably less than with an HP z4000 serial laptop
I was also working on (cola in the keyboard), which uses coaxial
antennas near the top of the display. With the display perfectly
vertical, the signal appeared to be equally strong in front and in
back of the laptop. However, when I tilted back the display about 45
degrees, the signal was much stronger in the direction of the user
(towards keyboard), than out the back.

Retrofit antennas to an IBM Thinkpad A31
http://www.jordanautomations.com/tpa...i-upgrade.html
which is considerably better than installing it UNDER the keyboard.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~itxsx/website/diy.htm

Search eBay for "mini pci antenna" for other examples.

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