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Nice antenna. Great swr for north America as tested with a nano vna. Well built and comes with everything you need to mount it. I went with just a hole drilled in a waterproof case and will add a small solar panel for a Meshtastic node. The 5db is good as well. Some of the other antennas on Amazon have terrible swr.

I purchased this antenna for my STATION G2 Meshtastic.I tested the tuning of the antenna with a Seesii NanoVna SAA-2N VNA, and the tuning is right on 915Mhz.With the stock antenna that came with the G2, I was not receiving many nodes and every message that I sent = "timeout". With this antenna, the STATION G2 recorded +100 nodes now.If there are others out there with a STATION G2, it is important to know, that unless you have a 7-18vdc power supply for your G2, you are not transmitting the 1-watt. The STATION G2 has 3 LED lights = LV/PA/HV. If the PA light is not LIT, your Power Amplifier is not transmitting 1-Watt.And for all the HAM General Licensed operators, you can use the python modules and up your power to 5 watts in licensed mode = 35DBi.Since I have installed this antenna, used the Jackery Explorer 300 Plus 18vdc USB-C power jack, and configured the wattage to 35dbi, I no longer get timed out messages and I have several 1-hop returns from other Meshtastic nodes.

I ordered this antenna according to the online description for the US frequency. Received it today - the package says nothing except the shipping label, antenna housing has a sticker stating that it is 900-930 MHz, but the user manual claims that it is a European 868MHz product (see photo). This got me worried, cause I have no idea what to believe and have no advanced tools to measure whether it is a correct antenna. I connected it to the Bobcat 300 miner with no apparent effect seen today, but it could be too early to tell, as antenna upgrades may take a while to show any significant improvements. I will send an update in a couple of days.Update: miner for two witnesses for the first time in 6 hours after installing this antenna - had none with the stock antenna for a month! Great product, ignore the specs on a wrong insert!

On the antenna: Nicely done. Resonant on the band. Looks well made. Not a single complaint so far.On the cable: not needed for use with this antenna for me. My installation connected the antenna directly to the transceiver through a bulkhead connector. Any cable would have too much loss at 915MHz, so I designed this system to not need one. The supplied cable was good quality, but it appears that the packing of the cable has damaged it. Cable has a minimum bend radius, and they exceeded that minimum to squeeze the cable into its plastic bag. As a result, I can see where the bends were on the VNA even after straightening the cable. I hope that after leaving the cable straight for a while the problem will get better, but even if not, the antenna alone is worth the selling price.

This antenna extends the range of your Meshtastic device. I have mine mounted on the lanai railing and it works well.

Haven't installed the antenna yet, but the first thing I had to do was test it with the coax connected.SWR 1.089 @ 915 MhzCant wait to see how this performs when I build my Solar Mesh node!

My son wanted this for his birthday. Not sure why.Spent $300 on everything he needed. He’s making 3 cents a week lol. Spending more money on electricity. I probably should have done the research to see what exactly it is. But it does what it’s supposed to.

The Coaxial Cable went straight to junk box because I have legit Times Microwave for feedline, but the antenna itself is a fine piece of kit:)