Best practice for RF devices with no antenna to be placed in or near a structured wiring box

etc6849

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I'm working on installing a system in my home that will use various RF modules such as the ControlThink zwave usb stick, the RS232 VRC0P Vizia RF+ controller, Lantronix WiiBox (RS232 wifi port server) etc...

Many of these have no external antenna, so what's the cleanest way to use them along with a structured wiring box? I plan to eventually use 2 or 3 42" Leviton boxes. I'm worried that the box will act as a faraday cage and stop all RF signal.

Should I install conduit that runs out the side of the box and into the finished side of the wall near an outlet? If so, what type of conduit is best and how do you interface it will the finished wall? I'm thinking of using 1.5" flexible conduit going into a single gang junction box and using some sort of special cover.

Any pics would help ;)
 
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