I wouldn't hold out hope for an easier out of the box wifi antenna. If you want a U.FL antenna for the built-in wifi, there has to be a physical switch (cost, fragility) or a built-in antenna connected to U.FL you can replace (same issues) or the same cut and solder pattern for wifi antennas across chips like ESPs, nRFs, and others.

Just use a USB adapter with a decent antenna.

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15155 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> there has to be a physical switch

Or literally any $1-3 SPDT RF switch? >80% of which are directly optimized and advertised for wifi and bluetooth?

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awjlogan 3 hours ago | parent [-]

For a Zero, that’s a big BoM item given this would be used by relatively few people.

	▲	15155 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, western parts are expensive. https://www.lcsc.com/product-detail/C47117600.html Here's a capable switch for $0.07.

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RicoElectrico 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There are RF connectors by Hirose which are bypassable due to a built-in switch, but I don't think pigtails with them are common.