# Replacement wifi antenna

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**Created:** [July 26, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/replacement-wifi-antenna/10576 "2023-07-26T23:39:51Z")\
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Ok, I managed to get a decent enough signal (35% to 45% strength)at the spot where it dropped to zero.

I read that the antenna should rise above the chassis, “at least 1cm” so it occurred to me that my tests with the laptop antenna were probably when it was hanging.

I decided to add a really thick buffer and that seem to have solved the problem. Moral of the story: get an external antenna.

My solution is ugly but functional.

 ![1000081184](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/clockworkpi/original/2X/6/68f98b067a8aa81b1b2303c9fe41792beeb2a0cf.jpeg)  
 ![1000081185](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/clockworkpi/original/2X/6/69032e1a0c31797884dc647520466022fdc3ed97.jpeg)

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