HackerGadgets antenna mounting kit and antenna pack
The SMA mounting board that bolts to the console and carries up to seven antennas, and the matching pack of SDR, LoRa, GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth antennas.
What it takes
- Purchase required
- Disassembly
Difficulty 2 of 3 — moderate.
Details
The mounting kit ($12.99) is the quick-mount SMA board sold in 7-antenna and 4-antenna forms; the 7-way version comes with longer pigtails, which matters if you also fit the AC1200 card. The antenna pack ($39.99) holds seven antennas: an ANT500 for the RTL-SDR (500 kHz–1 GHz), an 860–950 MHz LoRa whip, three 2.4/5 GHz Wi-Fi whips, two 2.4 GHz Bluetooth whips and a YIXI-G7 GNSS antenna (GPS L1/L2/L5, GLONASS, BeiDou) — the AIO v2 on its own only needs the SDR, LoRa, one Wi-Fi and the GPS antenna.
Both are also sold bundled with the AIO v2. Printed covers for the 7-antenna board exist from spaceharrier and darkgrue, and paragonnov's bracket is the printed alternative to the kit.
Links
Open at HackerGadgets — Antennas mounting kit for uConsoleRelated mods
A thicker printed side panel for the HackerGadgets AIO board whose SMA mount does not strip, with the connector angled to suit the SDR antenna.
A printed PETG bumper that wraps the HackerGadgets 7× SMA antenna board so the connectors and PCB are not the first thing to hit the ground.
A screw-mount SMA bulkhead passed through the case's existing cable slit and nutted from inside — an external antenna with no drilling and no printing.
A printed bracket that bolts to the console's flat-head M4 screw positions and carries three SMA antennas; a companion profile fits the HackerGadgets AIO board.
A printed expansion-slot cover with a bulkhead for an SMA pigtail, so an external antenna comes out where the blank plate was — not usable with the 4G card.
A minimal printed shroud over the HackerGadgets 7-antenna board that keeps SD card access and leaves room to tidy the pigtails.