Sinn3rman Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 What type of pigtail am I looking for to go from the pineapple then outside a pelican case, Im quite confused with RP-SMA males and females and plugs n sockets etc I want to mount the antennas outside the case :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 You would want a Male SMA to connect to the Pineapple Mark V. And then if you wanted to connect it to antennas that fit the Mark V directly, Female SMA. If you want to connect antennas that fit an Alfa or most other wireless cards, it would be RP-SMA Female on the antenna connecting end. So a Male SMA to RP-SMA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinn3rman Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 Ah I never noticed the difference with my Alpha, thanks for pointing it out Mr-Protocol ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry99705 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) If the threads are on the outside of the connector, it's male, if the threads are on the inside of the connector, it's female. The polarity has to do with the center conductor of the connector. SMA has the pin on the female side, like the pineapple. RP-SMA has it on the male side, like every consumer wifi product you can buy. The more you know.... Crap, have the threads backwards... Male is threads on the inside, female is threads on the outside. Edited July 30, 2015 by barry99705 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Protocol Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMA_connector Figure 1. Standard male SMA connector: male body (inside threads) with male inner pin. Figure 2. Female RP-SMA connector: Female connector body (outside threads) with a male inner pin contact. A male RP-SMA connector is the opposite in both respects — male connector body (inside threads) with a female inner sleeve contact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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