Bad WiFi reception

Hey!
I have a K8N Neo2 Platinum wich included a WiFi card. With the included antenna, I get a horrible reception. I get a low to very low reception in one area where I get 90% with my laptop with built-in antenna! Is there something wrong with my antenna, is it just a bad antenna, or is there something wrong with the PCI-card? What can I do to improve reception??
Thank you for all help!!!

got the same problem, if you want you can build a custom antenna (blueprint on the web) that can help. For me i just got a Wireless accesspoint, case solved... last time that i buy a board with integrated "solutions"

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