Question Wireless antenna broken

[abyss010]

When moving my PC, one of my wi-fi antennas snapped off and I haven't been able to get it back on.
Only one of the antennas fits both screws, and the right screw is noticeably loose, you can wiggle it around basically (one without the antenna plugged in).
Both antennas are the same size and everything from what I compared.
I'm still able to use Bluetooth and Wi-FI and it doesn't seem like the performance is any different.
Is the antenna broken? And if so where might I be able to get a trustable and safe replacement?
Is the right screw also broken? Or just needs tightening?
Thanks.

 

[Lutfij]

I'm still able to use Bluetooth and Wi-FI and it doesn't seem like the performance is any different.
Leave it as is, would be my advice.

Is the antenna broken?
Can you take a better picture of the antenna that won't fit on the receptacle?

Moved thread from Components section to Wireless Networking section.

 

[bill001g]

Seems you broke off the end part that has the threads on it. If you can find that part it might be possible to snap it back on. Not sure I never tried to fix these.

You will find massive amounts of replacement antenna for just few dollars on amazon. They all use standard rp-sma. They are basically just pieces or wire that is cut to a specific length and then they put fancy plastic around it.

What you might consider is to get one of the units that has extension cables that go to a base you can put on top of the computer that the antenna are connected to. That way the antenna are out from in back of the comupter.

Otherwise I suspect any wifi antenna you can find will work. They almost always sell in pairs so I don't think you can buy just 1 but they are fairly cheap.

 

[COLGeek]

Seems you broke off the end part that has the threads on it. If you can find that part it might be possible to snap it back on. Not sure I never tried to fix these.

You will find massive amounts of replacement antenna for just few dollars on amazon. They all use standard rp-sma. They are basically just pieces or wire that is cut to a specific length and then they put fancy plastic around it.

What you might consider is to get one of the units that has extension cables that go to a base you can put on top of the computer that the antenna are connected to. That way the antenna are out from in back of the comupter.

Otherwise I suspect any wifi antenna you can find will work. They almost always sell in pairs so I don't think you can buy just 1 but they are fairly cheap.

This is your solution. Just replace the antenna.

 

[abyss010]

I think the actual gold screw thing is broken because the new antenna made no difference so I can't do much about this.