Re: [Tinyos-help] Propagation of 2.4 GHz under the soil

2012-10-08 Thread acamap
Dear András Bíró, Currently I've not started the test, nowadays I'm trying to collect information about this issue. But after finish the test I'll share the results. Yours faithfully, Alejandro. Hi Alejandro, 868MHz was better, because the water in the grain absorbs the 2.4GHz

Re: [Tinyos-help] Propagation of 2.4 GHz under the soil

2012-10-07 Thread András Bíró
Hi Alejandro, 868MHz was better, because the water in the grain absorbs the 2.4GHz electromagnetic waves. And I think the soil contains more water. Could you please inform me about the results of your experiments? I'm intrested in using these radios in bad environment. Thanks, Andris On Fri,

[Tinyos-help] Propagation of 2.4 GHz under the soil

2012-10-05 Thread acamap
Dear all, Someone know how much is the maximum distance to communicate two TelosB under the soil using antenna of 5 dBi each one and 2.4 GHz? I mean the two sensors are buried even the antennas as well. Thanks in advance for any information. Regards, Alejandro.

Re: [Tinyos-help] Propagation of 2.4 GHz under the soil

2012-10-05 Thread acamap
Dear Hamid Rafiei. Thanks for your answer. What do you think is the maximum distance in the best case? e.g. in 50 m. Sincerely, Alejandro Hi, I believe it all depends on the level of moisture in the soil, in case of a high level of humidity it wouldn't be much at all On Friday,

Re: [Tinyos-help] Propagation of 2.4 GHz under the soil

2012-10-05 Thread András Bíró
Hi Alejandro, I would except much less. We tried to communicate in grain (corn to be exact), and it was less than 1m. Eventually, we used 868MHz, which was still really bad, but we could live with that. But anyway, you should try it, it's quite simple. One more thing: in our tests, it seemed that

Re: [Tinyos-help] Propagation of 2.4 GHz under the soil

2012-10-05 Thread acamap
Dear András Bíró. I think probably with 868 MHz was better than 2.4 GHz because the wavelength is the longest. I was expecting to reach at least 25 m. Thanks a lot for your information. Yours faithfully, Alejandro. Hi Alejandro, I would except much less. We tried to communicate in grain