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3rd September: Antennas

A project log for WildDrone Locator

"Safety First!", we often hear. Mounted on a drone, this beacon says "I'm here!" in LoRa language.

mihaivdrMihaiVDR 09/30/2018 at 21:220 Comments

I just discovered that I don't have any 433MHz antennas. So I must make some.

Luckily, I had a few broken RC model receivers with long range antennas. I can modify those to run at 434MHz.

A quick calculation shows that for 434MHz we need an antenna length of 164mm (at quarter wavelength). I would have liked to have enough length to create a half-wave antenna, but that should do it for now.

It has a UFL connector already on it.

Fig. 1: ~16.5mm antenna.
Fig. 1: ~16.5mm antenna.

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