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giantg2
on Dec 6, 2021
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Bouncing a LoRa message off the moon
A consumer protocol, but also way over consumer power level (350W). No wonder it's the furthest LoRa message sent. Let's bump it up to 1kW and break the record again...
fortran77
on Dec 6, 2021
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That was the Effective Radiated Power. The actual transmitter was outputting consumer output levels.
giantg2
on Dec 6, 2021
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I thought most FCC rules are based on effective power and that this wouldn't be legal for terrestrial/consumer use?
s800
on Dec 6, 2021
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Correct.
numlock86
on Dec 6, 2021
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1kW? Are you crazy??? Let's see 25mW, which is the maximum you are allowed to use in Germany for 868 MHz ...
stavros
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To be fair, it can do a few km at 25 mW, which is fairly good for consumer range.
imoverclocked
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I agree, if we are doing this, go big. 1MW would be far more exciting and the experiment definitely wouldn't go unnoticed.
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