/challenges-projects/design-challenges/save-the-bees-design-challenge/b/blog/posts/beewatch-lorawan-environmental-monitoring-blog-2-unboxing-the-kitWhile the challenge started a while back and some competitors have been able to race forward, I&rsquo;ve been patiently awaiting the arrival of the kit before pressing much further. In the meantime, I&rsquo;ve also been obtaining other parts which ma...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/save-the-bees-design-challenge/b/blog/posts/beewatch-lorawan-environmental-monitoring-blog-2-unboxing-the-kitFri, 14 Apr 2023 17:27:10 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ad579921-9436-4cb2-9063-1292da1d5d98embeddedguy1<p>What is the secret behind so good image quality? [emoticon:fbd079a1c4f748c5a234faee215de9cc]</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=25295&AppID=396&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/save-the-bees-design-challenge/b/blog/posts/beewatch-lorawan-environmental-monitoring-blog-2-unboxing-the-kitSun, 05 Mar 2023 22:31:29 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ad579921-9436-4cb2-9063-1292da1d5d98ntewinkel0<p>I&#39;m happy to see you have some antenna choices!</p> <p>I suspect others may run into issues due to the missing antenna. It&#39;s unfortunate the organizers didn&#39;t spot this in time to drop in some kind of big antenna.</p> <p>I&#39;m about to head for the back deck of the carriage house to see if I can get a connection with my little GPS antenna [emoticon:98f842990f454422aa6a04953955f9d9]</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=25295&AppID=396&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/save-the-bees-design-challenge/b/blog/posts/beewatch-lorawan-environmental-monitoring-blog-2-unboxing-the-kitSun, 05 Mar 2023 14:55:05 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ad579921-9436-4cb2-9063-1292da1d5d98shabaz1<p>Hi Gough,</p> <p>Nice set of parts for a project!</p> <p>Perhaps the ideal scenario would have been for there to be two variants of the MKR board, one with antenna built-in. Personally&nbsp;I always think I&#39;m going to damage the board when using small U.FL connectors, but I guess it makes sense to use them since they are so popular, and low-cost.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=25295&AppID=396&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">