| ▲ | kanbankaren 9 hours ago | |
> would propagate about the same right? No. Free space loss increases with frequency. FSP loss for 915 MHz at 10 kms is ~ -111.67 dB while for 2.4 GHz is -120 dB. That is a 9 dB loss which is significant. It could mean the difference between a copy or just plain static though the LoRa is supposed to be copyable down to -140 dBm. The max tx power is around 150 mW (21.76 dBm), so at 10 kms, the RSSI is 21.76-120 = -98.24 dBm which is above the -140 dBm limit. This calculation is assuming there is no loss due to vegetation or humidity or other barriers. | ||
| ▲ | bigfatkitten 7 hours ago | parent [-] | |
LoRa is copyable at -140dBm only at very low effective data rates (under 100bps), which for many applications is too low to be useful. | ||