Nice! The most scary part of building a 5g router are the pigtails. Those things weren't made for my fat fingers. Would be great if there was some tool for pressing them in.
Hello Paul, There are tools out there specifically for this. We don't use them ourselves as we like to show the everyday person how it can be done with simple household tools, or without tools at all. Have you seen our video for installing MHF4 connectors? We only use a simple wooden dowel for most installations like that, if we don't use our fingernail.
@@wirelesshaven I'm curious about these specialized tools. Perhaps you could go into some detail in another video and compare how we can achieve the same results without spending big bucks on wacky single purpose tools.
I've used an unsharpened, unused pencil, using the eraser side to press carefully on the connector until it clicks in. You want to make sure the eraser is unused, as you don't want pencils lead (graphite) contaminating and shorting-out your modem. I suggest unsharpened as you don't want to poke yourself.
True! But the video is intended for the majority of diy home enthusiasts; who don't typically have much but screw drivers laying about. We should probably note that in the vid description. Thanks!
Thanks. I broken 3 of them before
Can I just solder a new cable with the connector into the older antenna cable? Would it affect the signal?
You could yes, it depends on how good the solder job is.
Nice! The most scary part of building a 5g router are the pigtails. Those things weren't made for my fat fingers. Would be great if there was some tool for pressing them in.
Hello Paul,
There are tools out there specifically for this.
We don't use them ourselves as we like to show the everyday person how it can be done with simple household tools, or without tools at all.
Have you seen our video for installing MHF4 connectors? We only use a simple wooden dowel for most installations like that, if we don't use our fingernail.
@@wirelesshaven I'm curious about these specialized tools. Perhaps you could go into some detail in another video and compare how we can achieve the same results without spending big bucks on wacky single purpose tools.
I've used an unsharpened, unused pencil, using the eraser side to press carefully on the connector until it clicks in.
You want to make sure the eraser is unused, as you don't want pencils lead (graphite) contaminating and shorting-out your modem.
I suggest unsharpened as you don't want to poke yourself.
Bro what to do if the board side covered pins shell got broke
Time for solder repair job.
Should probably use a plastic spudger, instead. Less chance of scratching into the PCB traces.
True! But the video is intended for the majority of diy home enthusiasts; who don't typically have much but screw drivers laying about. We should probably note that in the vid description. Thanks!
no
like my move so i do it right!