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Re:Helium.co: Connect devices to the web without Wi-Fi, Blue... by chrissnell on Thursday July 03, 2014 @02:55AM (#7981823)
What's the radiation pattern for the bridge's antenna(s)? I'm building a couple of high-altitude balloons and writing code for them in Go. [1] My plan is to use AX.25/APRS for most comms but I'd love to run a secondary payload with a Helium device if there is coverage up above.

[1] https://github.com/chrissnell/GoBalloon

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Re:Helium.co: Connect devices to the web without Wi-Fi, Blue... by pharkmillups on Thursday July 03, 2014 @03:09AM (#7981871)
Chris very cool. We have a golang driver for helium that will be opened up soon.

The bridges use multiple omnidirectional chip antenna per radio. Each radio also has a u.fl connector so you have choices. Hope to see you sign up for the beta. Would love to see this in action.

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