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Review on πŸ“‘ Eightwood RFID Antenna 3.5dBi RP-SMA Male Connector 2-Pack for LoRa Gateway, Helium Miner, Wireless Router, Smart Home Control - 868MHz, 900MHz, 915MHz by Justin Jeppi

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This is a very poor antenna - probably not even tuned to 900MHz

I have tried replacing a small 0dBi whip antenna with this antenna, reportedly 3.5dBi. OMG it was so bad - the stub antenna was picking up 903MHz LoRA packets with RSSI -109. This new antenna doesn't even receive packets well enough to pass CRC checks, which means the RSSI is below -124. So definitely not somewhere around 3.5dBi or worse than a tiny decent whip antenna.

Pros
  • One year test period
Cons
  • Negative result present