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Hi Magnus,

Yes, R-Pi4B WiFi sucks even in the open air, this is a known issue with the R-Pi4B boards. So when an R-Pi4B is put into a heavy aluminum (but pretty!) case then sandwiched with a Hat designed with a ground plane to carry current for the PWM power application the radiated Wi-Fi RF power getting out of the box is going to be pretty low and somewhat directional. This is what happens when you put the WiFi antenna in a Faraday cage.

Originally I was just going to modify the R-Pi4B board by adding a u/FL connector socket to the WiFi RF section and run a cable to an external connector and use a high gain antenna. But that seemed a little much for most people to attempt and it is easy to screw up the installation due to there being a very small pad area for the soldered down u/FL socket. Plus it required drilling the very pretty case so instead I found a solution anybody with a credit card with $60 left on it could do. Buy an off the shelf solution that allows the ASIAIR-PRO to work at full speed with full power WiFi and adds capabilities that help Gemini users like me and other herem? on the Losmandy users group.? ? ?

?Magnus Larsson

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Hi!

Just about "the wifi sucks". The ASIAIR-PRO has a metal case, right? If so, that is why it sucks. Plug in a wifi dongle and you probably have good wifi. That is what I have with my R-Pi 4. Metal case, good for cooling, very bad for wifi. Dongle produce high speed wifi.

Or tried and tested solution: an ethernet cable. Which is what you do, Chip, right?

Best,

Magnus

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