Lost Antenna

Started by nerdkingdan, April 09, 2018, 04:40:50 PM

nerdkingdan

We had have lost a few antennas, I was wondering what is a good replacement?   

We tried a small copper wire, and while that works their is a performance loss.

I don't want to use a large wifi type antenna, looking for something I can use that is roughly the same size.

Are these available on the Low Power Lab store, that I missed?

Kilo95

There are 915mhz stubbies that use the SMA connector for sale on eBay. I believe ChemE (maybe I'm wrong on the user name) tried out some PCB 915mhz antennas and posted about it on this forum. I bought several. They connect via a SMA jumper to the Moteino. I've been using one all winter for my PWS outside and it works fine. It's basically a PCB dipole antenna

LukaQ

Quote from: Kilo95 on April 09, 2018, 08:56:44 PM
There are 915mhz stubbies that use the SMA connector for sale on eBay. I believe ChemE (maybe I'm wrong on the user name) tried out some PCB 915mhz antennas and posted about it on this forum. I bought several. They connect via a SMA jumper to the Moteino. I've been using one all winter for my PWS outside and it works fine. It's basically a PCB dipole antenna
or without SMA and use coax only

Kilo95


ChemE

Quote from: Kilo95 on April 09, 2018, 08:56:44 PM
There are 915mhz stubbies that use the SMA connector for sale on eBay. I believe ChemE (maybe I'm wrong on the user name) tried out some PCB 915mhz antennas and posted about it on this forum. I bought several. They connect via a SMA jumper to the Moteino. I've been using one all winter for my PWS outside and it works fine. It's basically a PCB dipole antenna

A link to order the PCB dipole I designed as Kili95 mentioned.

https://pcbs.io/share/4XRDg

$4.79 for 5 or 6 copies shipped anywhere in the US.  Pretty sweet deal.