New LoRa RF distance record: 1336 km / 830 mi

Re:New LoRa RF distance record: 1336 km / 830 mi by KWxIUElW8Xt0tD9 on Thursday September 07, 2023 @10:49AM (#37419707)

check out ham radio WSPR for an indication of the sorts of things that can be done

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Re:New LoRa RF distance record: 1336 km / 830 mi by BenjiWiebe on Thursday September 07, 2023 @07:05PM (#37426890)

WSPR is very different than LoRa. WSPR is usually used at HF, and has very low bandwidth. LoRa is used at UHF frequencies, and has very wide bandwidth, as it's a spread spectrum modulation scheme.

There's more differences but those are the ones relevant to this discussion.

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