Five antennas on an aluminium L-profile (Hayri)
An external antenna rail made from aluminium L-profile that carries five SMA antennas, shown in photos and a short video rather than a write-up.
What it takes
- Purchase required
- Disassembly
Difficulty 2 of 3 — moderate.
Details
Hayri's alternative to printed brackets is a length of aluminium L-profile used as a rail for five external antennas; the thread is photos and a YouTube walk-through, with a completed-build photo added at the end of May 2026 once the SMA connectors arrived. The tripod ball head in the pictures is a stand — he warns a camera one is not rated for the console's weight and suggests a monitor arm instead. The same thread also shows his Apple Magic Trackpad in use as an input device.
Links
Open at Forum threadRelated mods
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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.
The bright orange antenna module that opens the mod megathread: a printed bracket and expansion-port cover carrying a whip antenna stripped of its housing.
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.
An external antenna mount in the m3x family that is fixed at two points, so the bracket does not hinge when you articulate the antenna.