Hello
Good timing BoRRoZ and a first post from me, I have plenty of newbie questions rattling around in my head.
So I have a metal pole above the roof line of my house, about 10m over ground level. I live on the east coast of Ireland and would like to do some learning and testing with some nodes and a “standard specification” multi channel gateway. Currently I plan to put the following sort of equipment together.
Mounted on the pole:
Commercially available 10dBi antenna
1metre N to SMA cable to a IP rated enclosure mounted on the pole.
IMST iC880A inside the above enclosure
Interface board like this one by Hallard
Raspberry Pi Zero with usb to Ethernet adaptor
I have power and space in the attic area of the house and a network switch already there also. I plan to inject POE via a network cable approx 10m to the concentrator using a DC-DC buck converter on the interface board for power inside the IP rated box on the pole etc.
My questions would be
- Do we have any similar gateway specs in service?
- Do we have experience with these cheap Chinese 868MHz antennas (quality/performance etc.)
- Can somebody advise regarding the cable/pigtail between the antenna-concentrator for performance?
- Do we have expertise regarding grounding of the antenna/pole which is not currently protected.
I am happy to get involved in discussion so welcome any feedback positive or negative on these parts and compatibility. Thanks in advance.
Garry