Hello again acherman
well not to sound like an idiot but no I am not familiar with the term ground plain.
I make no claims to be an electronics tech but I am handy with a soldering iron.
Perhaps its not the brightest idea I have ever had but I still wish to try and pull it off
I do know what a Digital Volt Meter is although I am not exactly certain where you want me to put it or what you want me to do with it lol!
I suspected range would suffer from not removing the internal antenna but I didn’t think about self interference being an issue Thanks for pointing that out.
I appreciate your feedback and I am now looking to find a for dummies guide to do this mod …I may be having a sale soon on SM’s with no internal antennas hehe
Best Regards
MD