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Antennas
The board has a PCB antenna for the 2.5 GHz ISM Band, for stand alone operation on the Camp Area. For other frequencies an external antenna may be needed.
How to attach an external antenna
Temporary
To improve radio reception a little bit you can just press a thumb against the upper right corner and be a human antenna. The most simple real external antenna is a single-wire copper cable (others may also work). This can be pressed against an edge of the little black resistor on the top right corner.
Soldering
(then the 0 Ohm resistor will be sitting on the R314 pads; R314 and R315 share the upper left pad).
The SMA connector should be an edge-launch SMA connector for a PCB thickness of 1.6mm
Alternative: Add bridge, remove resistor
Using a soldered copper cable as antenna:
Adding an SMA connector so that you can connect an external antenna for your specific needs.