Outside Antenna

Hi everyone,

I’m currently using my TTN gateway inside attached to my window, however it seems the isolation works really well… Which makes the signal really ineffective.

I’ve been walking around the neighbourhood with a sodaq one to send out packets with GPS data in them to map it to TTN Mapper and I’ve found out my range is only about 125m before packages are starting to be missed.
To make it even more embarrassing, someone else was actually able to receive those packets my gateway missed almost 5km away. Absolute defeat!

What options would I have for running a gateway outside? I’m alright with getting an antenna running on the roof if that would mean beating my competitor :face_with_monocle:

Any ideas? Tips? Let me know

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