R52 bluetooth antenna - what could work?

[86turbodsl]

Looking to upgrade my R52 to bluetooth,

Epay has only one R52 antenna listed, sorry, but i'm not paying that much for a used wire with a plate soldered on it. Are there any other antennas fit that 15" Rx series lid, or can i just get creative and use anything metal and shape it to fit? I have a metal shop, i suppose i could take a dime a dozen T4x antenna and cut or whatever to fit the R52 spot on the lid. Thoughts?

BTW,

Thanks for the help guys, this is a pretty cool forum and lots of knowledge here.

[ajkula66]

From what I recall...

You can use any R5* BT antenna, a T4x one is likely to be shorter and I'm not certain that it would work.

It's been a while since I've last looked into this aspect, so take my post with a grain of salt...

[86turbodsl]

Anybody got a good close up picture of the antenna? I'm thinking it's just a conductor with a braided shield and the conductor is just soldered to the antenna plate, but I'm not 100%. There's no antenna's available anywhere but that one $35 one on epay. I'll put in the card and a hacked up T4x wire and plate made from a cut up tin can before i give that much for an antenna.

[ajkula66]

There's no antenna's available anywhere but that one $35 one on epay.

That amount of money would likely get you an entire lid around here...minus the IPS screen.

Have you checked for the antenna under the modem card?

[86turbodsl]

The R52 is COMPLETELY disassembled. I'm an engineer. I couldn't resist...

There's no antenna.