Airport extreme: no external antenna?

[R.L. Grigg]

On Aug 9, 2007, at 11:57 AM, Charles Dyer wrote:

> On 09 Aug 2007, at 12:57:16, R.L. Grigg wrote:
>
>> Can someone who owns a Airport extreme base station confirm for me  
>> that you CAN"T hook up an external antenna to it?
>
> Nope.
>
>> Ive been told that theres no external antenna port
>
> That's right. There isn't.
>
>> on it but I find that hard to believe.
>
> The antennas are built into the sides.
>
>> If its true then we'll stick with the older UFO Airport thingys we  
>> have.
>
> Ah... why do you want an external antenna? If you want range, you  
> should know that the Airport Extreme, without an external antenna,  
> has a better range than the old AirPort Base Station.

We need the external antenna jack to hook a linear rf amp and  
waveguide to it for a special purpose contract so theres no way a  
unidirectional AE unit can do what we need. I guess Apple just killed  
off the external antenna market niche too.
Russ