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A little more experimenting with my outdoor Meshtastic node. I realised that trying to mount it anywhere accessible on the house wasn’t going to get above trees and other houses so trying it on a telescopic 4.5 metre mast with a short coax run to the antenna. It seems to work ok although I need to get a better mounting bracket rather than using cable ties. I still can’t see any other nodes from my home though apart from my own.. I need to do some range testing with my own nodes to see if I am actually getting better reach with this set up.

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Kman 1y ago

Nice setup. The antenna coax connection should run in to the housing from the bottom. Having it come in from the top will allow water to eventually get in regardless of how waterproof you try and make it. Gravity always wins.

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phil 1y ago

Thanks, yeah that makes sense. Currently it is just temporary for testing so I’ll change that around when I figure out how I mount this more permanently.