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    HaLow 802.11ah Field Test – Round 1

    Team SunOx finally started field testing HaLow (802.11ah) for range and speed. Here Erik and I are beside our antenna setting up our base station. Patrick is not in this photo who was also part of our test team. The short story is: at .4 miles we were able to steadily transmit about 3Mb. These are not great numbers as we were hoping for twice the distance at twice the speed. Alas this is test one and our Yagi antenna in this configuration could use some mathematical tweaking for efficiency. This is still far better than regular WiFi 802.11ac from your home for distance as they usually are good for…