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Reference setup for iC880a gateways running The Things Network
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Improvement on antenna #5

Closed yerpj closed 8 years ago

yerpj commented 8 years ago

Hello guys. First I would like to say that your job is impressive! I wish I lived in Zurich. We do not have most coverage here in Lausanne and Yverdon, even if I heard that Octanis installed a gateway recently near the EPFL.

I am not a RF guy, but I work with some of them.In my opinion it should be of importance to specify in your wiki that the antenna SHOULD be a 1/2wavelength. If 1/4wavelength, the mounting instructions are missing a rock-solid copper-foil ground plane.

Once more, thumbs up for all the work you are doing!

gonzalocasas commented 8 years ago

Hi @yerpj! Thanks for the feedback! I added the 1/2 wavelength remark. Is it correct as it is now? I also added a few links to other higher gain antennas from Aliexpress.

yerpj commented 8 years ago

Yes that's better! This will avoid confusion. Thank you.