The BARGAIN basement part 1

End Devices (Nodes) Hardware
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what do you mean ? they ship world wide, and there are many sellers
( I’ve used one with a transparent top for a balcony wifi temp sensor )

and I ordered some of these (black/grey) ‘node’ boxes :sunglasses:

antenna on one side and temp sensor on the other ?

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  • this seemed to be an ‘email only’ action … sorry*
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Tip I got yesterday in Enschede from joris:

Cheap & good outdoor enclosure (for gateways and such), 12€


https://www.aerial.net/shop/product/39/1102/ezynet-outdoor-enclosure-1-ethernet.html

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@kgbvax
I was searching for this kind of enclosure for external gateways, looks excellent and cheap will order some

I’m also thinking adding to my RPI gateway a SI7021 sensor ($3) in the box to monitor enclosure temperature and humidity worth checking humidity is not going into enclosure :wink:

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Monitoring some environmental factors is a very good idea I think.

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@kgbvax
Nice idea I was thinking to monitor into the GW enclosure but it’s easy to add another SI7021 to monitor external temp/hum also!

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node/base antenna

Aurel GP 868 €34,99

update : short cable if you mount something close to the antenna

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hey hey, excellent

2.5 meter of cable, looks great :wink:

dBi not indicated, is it better than this 5 dBi one ?
http://www.rocketscream.com/blog/product/868-mhz-5-dbi-dipole-antenna/

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it’s 3 dbi , but better suitable for outdoor use ( stainless) and comes with cable and mounting bracket.

and here you’ll find material to mount your antenna : http://www.antennebeugel.nl/index.php

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@BoRRoZ
Oh, I thought the one you presented was better or at least equivalent because you’re right perfect for outdoor

I’m waiting for my https://www.aerial.net/shop/product/39/1102/ezynet-outdoor-enclosure-1-ethernet.html :wink: :wink:

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You have a good distance with this antenna?

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@hugomartins
I’ll do some test as soon as I put my gateway on the roof :wink:

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Ok, with my antenna i dont have a very good performance, i expected more.

I think this antenna is normal, i need buy a 5dB antenna to try increase the distance/sensibility. And a SMA cable to put the antenna outside of the box,

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868 MHz fiberglass base antennes

6 dbi € 35,71
6.5 dbi € 35,33
8 dbi € 43,06 —> NOW € 40,43
12 dbi € 50,78
14 dbi € 47,55

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You have tested this antennas in the gateway?
Can you give us your feedback about tested distances?

There is any limit of antenna dB can use in the gateway?
I read somewhere that the max antenna dB can use in gateway Lora is 5dB

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sorry, this is the bargain basement and maybe its better to start a separate ‘antenna’ topic

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Been using this antenna (34eu) for 868mhz gateway for half a year. Works great.

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update

today arrived my order… from germany, I didn’t expect topquality but I was positively supprised what you get for 8 euro’s including shipping

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