SLÁN - Shannon Lorawan Area Network

 Between the showers I got my ladder out and made a new gable end antenna.  The range test using a CubeCell Capsule gave good results reaching over 500 m so I'm hoping that tomorrow with a better sensor I should be able to reach Westpark Campus. I can now concentrate on getting all me LoRaWAN sensors up and running again :) And if I try a directional antenna on a sensor that is elevated I may achieve 1 Km range!

I boxed up my two LoRaWAN gateways today and did some range testing. Using just a Heltec CubeCell Capsule (that I normally have on my window sill to capture outside temperatures) I got surprising good results considering it only has the tiniest of internal antenna. I'm getting a range of up to 500m. Here's a view of the signal strengths at different locations. And that's with the gateway's antenna inside the house. Soon I will remount the antenna back outside at the top of the gable end of the house which should double the signal range especially when using a sensor with an external stub antenna. Below is the 2 minute YouTube video giving an introduction to the SLÁN network which I can share with people to generate interest in the project and to give an overview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC2MjA4rf-U Well tomorrow I will get a few more LoRa sensors up and running again and share their graphs at: https://shannontownwetlands.ie/environmental-sensors Interestingly, h...