A friend and I want to create a point to point connection across roughly 3.5 miles / 5.5 km. We have good LoS. Can HaLow do this? It seems like that distance might be a latt order, I think directional antennas might help, but would it be enough? What kind of equipment would we need?

  • Iced Raktajino@startrek.website
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    10 days ago

    I think the point of 11h is to achieve that kind of range without directional antennas. Basically as a higher-bandwidth version of LoRa.

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      10 days ago

      And at significantly lower transmit power too. Ubiquiti 5ac ptp rigs use like 8w, 802.11ah can make a link with under a watt. Sure it won’t be fast at all but if you’re doing a remote embedded device on a solar panel, it makes a huge difference.