Range test ideas requested

[geeksville]

good idea. Updates here based on your findings would be great: GitHub - meshtastic/firmware: Meshtastic device firmware

I’m really curious how the $11 maxon antennas listed here work out:

Practical Range Test Results

I’ve done 2 range tests so far; 11km and 13km. Both were clear line of sight, and both gave about 80% signal strength on the display. Hardware T-Beam v1.1 865, standard antenna Firmware v0.7.9 and v0.7.10 Channel setting: Very long range I think 20km would not be a problem, with the standard setup, I will try in the next week or so.

Also this older thread might be useful:

Antenna improved range

I bought a couple of Nagoya Antenna 433Mhz SMA-M 2dBi which are about 17cm long quite flexible whip antenna, these have almost doubled the distance I can get ~ 2.2Miles/3.54km from skylight window in my house to a hilltop where i cycled. It’s not a direct line of sight, there are a few roofs in the way and some tree tops which are covered in leaves this time of year. This distance is more in line with my expectations from other peoples tests using basic antennas and legal power limits. I am gue…