So there is a router 3.7 miles from my house that i can hear between 2 and 5 SNR but its hearing my transmissions between -4 and -18 SNR with a -10 average (5 traceroute tests). Shouldn’t it be able to hear me just as well as I can hear it? I can only think of two possible causes for this.

  1. The router has a much higher noise floor than I do
  2. The router antenna is more than 33cm tall and has directional lobes and null zones.

However, that second explanation seems off simply because if it wasn’t transmitting my direction, I shouldn’t be able to hear it as well as I can.

Thoughts?

Edit:

  1. My antenna is not a full 33cm So does not radiate the signal efficiently.
  • AlchemicalAgent@mander.xyzEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    Is it a 2.5 wavelength or a 2.5 dB omni? A 2.5 wavelength is much larger than 33 cm and will have dead spots.

    But in general it will be harder for it to hear a transmission from the internal T1000-E compared to any significant external antenna.

    • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zipOP
      2·
      7 days ago

      According to the local, it’s a 2.5 wavelength, which is larger than 33 cm, and is going to have dead spots because of that. But, since I’m using the internal antenna on the card tracker, I’m not surprised that it’s not hearing me very well either.