Wi-Fi Alliance introduces low power, long range Wi-Fi HaLow

Re:Wi-Fi Alliance introduces low power, long range Wi-Fi HaLow by gh02t on Monday January 04, 2016 @07:24PM (#10839971)

Wow, it claims 2-5km urban and up to 45km rural!

Important question though, is there an affordable module available (ideally also easy to use)? Sniffing around, all I can find is modules costing $45 or more, which kind of kills my enthusiasm for using it in personal projects.

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Re:Wi-Fi Alliance introduces low power, long range Wi-Fi HaLow by deutronium on Monday January 04, 2016 @07:45PM (#10840089)

Have a look for RFM98W (434Mhz) or RFM95W (868MHz) on aliexpress/ebay, they're around $14 there.

I know in the UK high altitude balloon community they've used them in flights - http://www.daveakerman.com/?p=1850

Although FSK works just as well in the case of balloons.

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Re:Wi-Fi Alliance introduces low power, long range Wi-Fi HaLow by awqrre on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @08:06AM (#10843017)

Ebay has them for less then $10, + $2 shipping (RFM98W (434Mhz) or RFM95W (868MHz))

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