I know, right? :) Seriously though -- I need to learn more about RF stuff. Any=20 recommendations on *small* books that can get me some rudimentary info? =20 By "small", I mean not several hundreds of pages, as I know I won't get=20 around to reading it anytime soon. Cheers, -Neil. On 8/22/2016 1:59 PM, Van Horn, David wrote: > :) Who would have suspected a counterpoise would help significantly... > > -----Original Message----- > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf = Of Neil > Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 11:53 AM > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. > Subject: Re: [EE] Any good tips/ideas on increasing 433Mhz comms range? > > Alrighty, I'm back with some updates. The straight-wire counterpoise wor= ked well. Well enough to not warrant any other changes. It's in its final= place and working fine. > > However, I did first lower the UART comms baud rate, which should've lowe= red the over-the-air transmission bit rate, but I didn't really see any imp= rovement with that. > > I do need to keep a good wireless transmission link in my arsenal, so I w= ill investigate LoRa. > > Much thanks for the help! > > Cheers, > -Neil. > > > > On 8/4/2016 7:42 PM, Bob Blick wrote: >> Microchip has LoRa modules that already have FCC and IC modular approval= , RN2903 for the 915 MHz version. >> About $15 each in singles. >> >> But if you already have something that's almost working... >> >> BB >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: John La Rooy >> Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2016 3:56 PM >> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. >> Subject: Re: [EE] Any good tips/ideas on increasing 433Mhz comms range? >> >> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 3:06 PM, David VanHorn wrot= e: >> >>>> Any clues on how to get better distance? I'm looking for 433Mhz >>>> amplifiers, but they're a bit pricey. I'm short on time, so hoping >>>> to find a ready-made solution (if an amp is necessary), rather than >>>> having to build one. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> -Neil. >> Would you consider different radio tech? LoRa will cover your >> distances easily >> >> http://www.semtech.com/apps/product.php?pn=3DSX1276 >> >> There are even modules that claim to work as uarts, but I haven't >> tried them >> >> http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?SearchText=3Dsx1276+passthrough+uart >> > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/cha= nge your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/picl= ist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .