Always try your best to keep your amtenna right by your LoRa device. This gives you best range. 

To reduce signal loss traveling through the coaxial cable (if your antenna is far away from the device) use a LMR-240 or for even lower signal loss you can go to a LMR-400 coax cable. 

Select your length & you can get LMR-400 on amazon if needed 👇
https://amazon.com/lmr400-coax/s?k=lmr400+coax


Love the setup boys 🚀 

 Do you think this 6inch is okay? 

 Yes that's great; keep the connection as short as possible.  

 You'll have little to zero signal loss 💪 

 Based! 

 Antenna design/usage is an artform lol. I assume ones made by a reputable company have been tested for the band that they advertise, but no guarantees. If an antenna is a few mm too long or two short, RF gain starts to tail-off quite sharply. There are ways of testing using an oscilloscope but I can't remember exactly how to do that now. #LoRa 

 Here is the basics. RAK4631 kit here is roughly $35(no screen or GPS), bolt and nut hardware. nostr:note1zdelku72fmgge3sjp3e8uwxr9s7tscs5k0248r3qfh6vgjaxpymstu99st 

 Well it’s a helium lorawan miner no? 

 Ohhh I get it now! I was thinking it was a Rak $HNT gateway and I was saying “why would anyone spend so much money on high quality equipment?” 😅

This is the first time I’m learning about Meshtastic and it’s really cool - I’ve only known RAK Wireless for their role in HNT devices. Thanks for sharing! 

 No need, just pull the antenna cable through it and make sure that the cable’s shield is sharing same ground with the case shielding 🫡