Purchased wrong antennas for wifi card, can I solder?

[sauce-c]

The title explains it all. I purchased antennas with the wrong connectors for my intel M.2 wifi chip. Can I just cut off the ends and solder the wire directly to each connector on the wifi chip? Any info is greatly appreciated. 

 

Heres what I have to work with.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Highfine-Wireless-Extension-Bulkhead-Repeater/dp/B01GMBUS8O/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1525726584&sr=8-8&keywords=ngff+antenna

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079QH5KW1/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Electronics Wizardy]

You can, but won't it be easier to just return and get the correct parts and interferrance becomes an issue.

[sauce-c]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

You can, but won't it be easier to just return and get the correct parts and interferrance becomes an issue.

Whats the difference between using a connector and just soldering them?

[Lurick]

How are they wrong?

The cables are IPEX and the adapter card uses IPEX cables

 

Edit:

Or did I miss something obvious? (completely possible )

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, sauce-c said:

Whats the difference between using a connector and just soldering them?

There is lots of sheilding on those connectors, and probably not as much in your soldering job. Also that connector is a pain to solder, there are 2 contacts in that little connector.

[sauce-c]

2 minutes ago, Lurick said:

How are they wrong?

The cables are IPEX and the adapter card uses IPEX cables

The card has NGFF connectors

 

EDIT: I think, idk. My research tells me the connectors do not match up and that there is two variations, I happen to have the wrong one. 

 

[Lurick]

3 minutes ago, sauce-c said:

The card has NGFF connectors

They are the same thing though, just different names.

 

I'm pretty sure MHF4 is the contact on the adapter and u.FL and IPEX are the small connectors on the cable that connect to an M.2 NGFF card.

[sauce-c]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

They are the same thing though, just different names.

 

I'm pretty sure MHF4 is the contact on the adapter and u.FL and IPEX are the small connectors on the cable that connect to an M.2 NGFF card.

Here is what I found in the comments

[Lurick]

5 minutes ago, sauce-c said:

Here is what I found in the comments

-snip-

Ah, I see now. After further digging, which still produces some conflicting results (yay internet) you need an MHF4 connector and those are MHF3 connected cables. They are similar expect in size so that's why I was having such a hard time tracking down everything and telling them apart since I think they are all IPEX style cables, but I digress.

 

If you search IPEX or u.FL by itself then you get all sorts of garbage which is hard to sift though =/

[sauce-c]

Just now, Lurick said:

Ah, I see now. After further digging, which still produces some conflicting results (yay internet) you do need an MHF4 connector and those are MHF3 cables. They are similar expect in size so that's why I was having such a hard time tracking down everything and telling them apart since I think they are all IPEX style cables, but I digress.

Okay so I need to order MHF4?

[Lurick]

Just now, sauce-c said:

Okay so I need to order MHF4?

Yes, that, from best I can tell, is going to work with the NGFF cards

Unless this is wrong:

http://www.wellshow.com/rf-connectors/mini-connector/ipex-mhf4-connector/

[sauce-c]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

Yes, that, from best I can tell, is going to work with the NGFF cards

Unless this is wrong:

http://www.wellshow.com/rf-connectors/mini-connector/ipex-mhf4-connector/

Thank you so much, this has been driving me INSANE.

[knightslugger]

10 minutes ago, Pangea2017 said:

Unless you want to solder a small coaxial cable no.

i do not suggest this, BTW. you are almost guaranteed to lose your 50 Ohm of impedance.

[sauce-c]

2 hours ago, Pangea2017 said:

Unless you want to solder a small coaxial cable no.

 

2 hours ago, knightslugger said:

i do not suggest this, BTW. you are almost guaranteed to lose your 50 Ohm of impedance.

After help from @Lurick I ordered some new ones off of amazon, hopefully I will be back up and running Tuesday. Thanks for the help!