A good question... The trace looks like it is enclosed in ground up to that moment so isn't intended to radiate until after the SMD resistor, so removing that r

A good question... The trace looks like it is enclosed in ground up to that moment so isn't intended to radiate until after the SMD resistor, so removing that resistor should be as good as cutting the trace. My hat's off to them though - that is some steady hand dremel/soldering work on something extremely tiny. Those little u.FL connectors are hard enough to mate with the connecting wire - I dread to think how difficult soldering them on by hand must be!