diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 69a804e..a46b120 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ ### FSK -At over 12 km distance line of sight, reception was stable with an RSSI of -96 dBm -and +9 dBm Tx power - with simple wire antennas. Quite impressive! +At over 12 km distance line of sight, reception and response were stable with an RSSI +of -96 dBm and +9 dBm Tx power - with simple wire antennas. Quite impressive! The configuration: @@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ ### LoRa -With LoRa, reception was stable with an RSSI of -116 dBm and +17 dBm Tx power at -18 km distance line of sight, with the following configuration (and as well just -simple wire antennas): +With LoRa, reception and response were stable with an RSSI of -116 dBm and +17 dBm Tx power +at 18 km distance line of sight, with the following configuration (and as well just simple +wire antennas): - LNA highest gain, boost on, 150% LNA current - Signal bandwidth: 41.7 kHz @@ -48,8 +48,12 @@ ![FieldTest8](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6570100d-76c0-4678-ac04-e4bbb1f21067) -So, as expected, range is significatly increased with LoRa, and the link is more robust -when there are obstacles in the path, such as buildings and terrain. +So, as expected, and without taking the RSSI too literally, range is increased +with LoRa, and the link is much more robust when there are obstacles in the path, +such as buildings and terrain. + +The latter seems to be the more advantageous improvement with LoRa, since the +range with line of sight is already long with FSK. Anyway, these radio modules work very well with both modulation schemes!