I didn't give you the whole story but it sounds encouraging so far. :-)

It's 868 Mhz and the antenna is punched out of aluminum and soldered to the module. Think I'll just give it a shot.

thanks
chuckc


>What about running these without the groundplane for testing? I assume
the
>output power will be greatly reduced but I need to get started on some
>software development before the larger boards are done. Will running them
>without a groundplane to react against fry things?

Very doubtful.
If you're really worried, solder a 100 ohm resistor across the antenna
lead.
That will cost you some power, but your SWR will be less than 2/1
(Assuming
50 ohm source, and ANY antenna)

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