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How to expand the coverage of Helium hotspot? Antenna is the key

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How to expand the coverage of Helium hotspot? Antenna is the key

In LoRa applications or using Helium hotspots, the following situation often occurs: Helium hotspots cannot receive other hotspot information, or data sent through terminal nodes cannot be transmitted to the LoRaWAN server, resulting in very low coverage of Helium hotspots. Therefore, we need to use an external antenna to change this situation!

Why do I need an external/outdoor antenna?

This is not difficult to understand with the help of an external antenna, because Helium hotspots mainly rely on interaction with other hotspots to achieve coverage. As we know Helium hotspots include radio communication systems, like mobile phones or two-way radios. Therefore, only the signal is strong enough to receive more data. Simply put, it needs to receive the RF of other Helium hotspots in order to increase the coverage of the hotspots. Therefore, the key point to improve the coverage of Helium hotspot is to enhance the signal. At this time, we need to use an LoRa antenna outdoor.

However, the use of an external antenna does not mean that we can install an antenna, but we have to choose a "good antenna" based on the real-time situation and make reasonable use of it to better receive signals and expand the range of hot spots. read more

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