Never mind what I said below about making an antenna (which I’ve made a number of for various satellite receivers and other set-top boxes that use a coax fitting for antennas. I was working off of faulty memory about the connector for the G5 antenna. What I’ve got is a G5 Power Mac tower Airport “T” antenna and a proper G5 tower bluetooth antenna. I’ve got the antenna and bluetooth cards, plus the 4 screws that hold them in place. I’ve also got an Airport Extreme card. Plus I’ve got 3 sets of the original Apple Mac Pro hard drive roundhead black screws. Jim Scott, Eureka, CA
> On Aug 25, 2016, at 3:32 PM, Jim Scott <jesco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You could cut off the end of a coax cable, leaving about 6 inches of cable. > Then strip about 4-5 inches of insulation. Put a right angle bend in the > bare wire at the remaining insulation. Or strip a longer piece of coax and > fold it into a "T". Voila! > Or you could buy the OEM Apple antenna plus a set of the correct Apple had > drive screws from me, shipped USPS Priority Mail from Eureka CA. How much do > you want to pay for that? > Jim Scott > > Sent from my iPad > > On Aug 25, 2016, at 3:03 PM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> > wrote: > >> >>> On Aug 25, 2016, at 1:59 PM, TVirkkala <multi...@wirkman.com> wrote: >>> >>> A few years ago a friend's cat chewed up the antenna on my old G5, 1.8. >>> >>> Now I need it! Finding a replacement seems rather expensive though. Look at >>> this price! >>> >>> https://www.macpartsdepot.com/922-6043-airport-external-antenna-mac-pro-g5-powermac.html?gclid=CKWWsaHl284CFcSCfgodRqwK2w >>> >>> $55! That's just the antenna. >>> >>> Are there any workarounds? Could one screw something into the card (there >>> is a place to screw in the antenna) and then use a piece of wire to get the >>> antenna? Or can I take the little antennae I have on some old wireless >>> cards hanging around here and attach it to the wireless card on the G5? >> >> You could probably get an appropriate wireless pigtail and attach a regular >> antenna >> >> -- >> Bruce Johnson >> University of Arizona >> College of Pharmacy >> Information Technology Group >> >> Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs >> >> -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
