m3x's antenna mounts: micro 0.2, mini and full-size
The most-printed external antenna mounts for the uConsole — a small bracket on the console's own M4 screw positions with an RP-SMA bulkhead for a short whip.
What it takes
- 3D print
- Disassembly
- Purchase required
Difficulty 2 of 3 — moderate.
Details
mex (m3x on Printables) published three variants in January 2024: a full-size antenna mount, a mini, and the micro 0.2, made in response to another owner's sketch; the micro became the default recommendation in the antenna thread. Each reuses two of the console's M4 countersunk screw positions — 8 mm screws reach the threads where the stock ones do not — and holds a u.FL-to-RP-SMA bulkhead pigtail.
modoxvx found an 8 cm Linx ANT-DB1-LCD-SMA dual-band whip fits the micro mount 'like a glove' (10 cm does not) using Waveshare's CM4 SMA cable kit, with a signal-strength graph in the thread. usaphoto3 had the bracket printed in AlSi10Mg; X-Stranger notes a PLA print flexes a little. Ememell and deruku published remixes with their own tweaks.
Links
Open at Printables — uConsole micro antenna 0.2 mountRelated mods
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.
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.
A remix of m3x's micro antenna 0.2 mount that seats a countersunk screw and adds a second mount point.
Swap the stock foil antenna for a u.FL-to-RP-SMA pigtail, a small dual-band whip and a printed mount, with three years of measurements behind the choice.
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 single-piece remix of paragonnov's three-antenna bracket that prints as one part, so there is nothing to glue.