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Radio, measurements and home tinkering

Radio measurements, filter tests, MeshCore and Home Assistant projects from my hobby workbench in Turku, Finland. 73 de OH1HQZ

Keywords
Surveys2 pages · Band occupancy and spectrum scansFilters1 page · VNA measurements of RF filters
MeshCoreComing later · Nodes, range and coverage tests
Home AssistantComing later · Home automation builds and integrations
ServersComing later · Self-hosting and server tooling

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863–873 MHz SRD band survey: MeshCore and LoRaWAN

Two hours of RTL-SDR sweeps over 863–873 MHz from my home at KP10CL: MeshCore on 869.618 MHz, a likely LoRaWAN downlink at 869.525 MHz, uplink activity at 867–868.6 MHz, and SDR overload from strong bursts.

Sysmocom CF868 cavity filter

NanoVNA-H4 sweep 800–1000 MHz: 0.4–0.8 dB loss across 863–870 MHz, 17 MHz wide at −3 dB, more than 50 dB down at LTE 800 and GSM/LTE 900.