I just finished putting this up onto the roof, it’s the Interline Horizon 868 8V1 antenna, attached to the Dragino LPS8. There’s about 3 metres of cable and the Dragino sits in a waterproof box on the roof.
Already I’m receiving traffic I’ve never seen before with the Dragino inside, so it’s definitely made a big difference - can’t wait to drive around a bit with the TTNMapper to see what the reception is like. I’m in a bit of a valley so I don’t expect to get too amazing results, but hopefully I can now give coverage to the majority of the town I live in!
I have the same configuration but a little bit more cable. The LPS8 is installed under the roof. The advantage of the Interline- antenna is that it is selective and has a known radiation-pattern.
Yes! It was your mentioning of it which made me look at it - turned out to be a good price and available from a local retailer. The spec’s looked good and it seems well made, hopefully it will help me give great coverage to my local area, thank you!
Hi there,
i am also using a LPS8 in north Germany and would like to place the antenna outside. But what about lightning protection? The pole in your picture looks very lightning attractive…
Possibly, though there are much higher points around me. The TV/Satelite antennas there before it had no lightning protection either and seemed to survive alright.
Worst case scenario is the LPS8 gets toasted, but I don’t think it’s going to be a problem!
Similar results here, 6km has been my longest contact so far, which was from a couple of high points. Considering my position in a valley, this is pretty good!
I’ve been following this thread for a while now. I’m brand new to LoraWAN, messing with Dragino products only(LPS-8 gateway). I always wanted a way to track my car’s whereabouts in the city using GPS and had a lot of issues until I stumbled upon your convo on outdoor antenna’s.
Once I got the aforementioned 3.0dB outdoor, i was up and rolling pretty good.
I still really only see accurate gps data (using Dragino LGT-92) out to 2 -3 Philadelphia city blocks(at max -118dBm), likely due to interference, but its neat. You never know when the parking authority will tow your car around here. Now i can get an alert