Hi Forum,
I’m looking to use the Moteino piggybacked onto a custom PCB and am looking at options for the antenna. I’ve found the dipole, standard cut monofilament wire supplied with the units probably gives me as good a range as anything, but I need to encase and waterproof the unit, so I’m going to need an antenna. If I use something like a rubber duck, screwed onto the case I need a tail that goes to the Moteino antenna solder through hole. I was thinking of using a uFL connector on the host PCB (something like this) and connecting it to the Moteino using a shielded RF wire at a through hole immediately next to the uFL connector. The alternative would be to have a throughole in the host PCB that aligns with the Moteino Antenna thoughole and have the Ufl connector as close to that as possible.
Please see the two attached images, that’ll probably better explain what I’m asking.
If anyone can offer some advice on what solution will get better range, I’d be grateful
Regards,
Chris