Søren Kjærsgaard<p>I’ve been looking for an antenna for a permanent <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a> node in my attic and I found this one, along with 5m RF200 low-loss cable. </p><p>I know that this setup will most likely render me ‘excommunicado’ in the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/meshtasticcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meshtasticcommunity</span></a>: “thou shalt always install thy node right below the antenna!”, but here’s the thing: I want to experiment with different hardware, I want to do some interference measurements at night (ever heard about the ‘Mammotion’ lawnmower which illegally jams 868MHz?) , AND I have a powerful 2m/70cm transmitter close to it, and I don’t want EMI issues on a sensitive 5V line. </p><p>Besides, the antenna has 3dBi gain and I measured the cable loss to 1.4dB at 868MHz, so given its better location, the numbers still come out positive 🙂</p><p>See that dip near 145MHz btw.? Need to do a test to see how much signal it’ll pick up from my VHF rig - don’t want to damage my LoRa module 👌🏼🙂</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/lorawan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lorawan</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/electronicsengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electronicsengineering</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/rfengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rfengineering</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/rfengineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rfengineer</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> hamr <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/testandmeasurement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>testandmeasurement</span></a></p>