Hello Everyone: On behalf of The Things Network NY City <https://thethings.nyc/> I would like to extend an invitation to join The Things Network Community Meetup <http://www.meetup.com/The-Things-Network-NYC-Community-Meetup/>. We are dedicated to expanding The Things Network, a global, crowdsourced, open, free and decentralized internet of things network, operating on the (unlicensed) ISM 900MHZ band.
A major part of our effort to expand coverage is to deploy gateways. If you like to tinker with hardware like me (old-time Ham), you might find these little radios interesting. Here's a good FAQ Semtech LoRa FAQ - Informative <http://www.semtech.com/wireless-rf/lora/LoRa-FAQs.pdf> At the moment I have a Multitech Gateway <http://www.multitech.com/brands/multiconnect-conduit> at my home in Boerum Hill Brooklyn, with an L-com 900Mhz Omni Antenna <http://www.l-com.com/wireless-antenna-900-mhz-8-dbi-omnidirectional-antenna> on the roof. The coverage is OK for the neighborhood, better height can cover square miles. I've built a few nodes that are based on the HopeRF RFM95W <http://www.hoperf.com/rf_transceiver/lora/RFM95W.html> and integrated with ARM microcontrollers such as the Anarduino <http://www.anarduino.com/miniwireless/> and working on adding a few sensors for my pilot project. I hope you can join us and get involved. Our RF knowledge is a great asset for this project. Best Regards Manny Tsarnas - AA2XY
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