Success connecting to Arduino Cloud / TTN with MKR WAN 13x0: share your experience (solved)

In my case, the coverage is pretty weak. 

But I'm still trying to connect..to the 2 in my vicinity by driving by until i get a signal. I'd be interested in finding out the success of others

Hope everyone is doing good out there.

Regards.

Steve K

Just guessing from the map, the distance to the closest gateway is ~ 7 or 8 miles?  That's a stretch for LoRa, but possible.  If there is clear line-of-site it could work.  You wouldn't happen to be at the top of a hill?

That box has reminded me that years ago the police of my city stopped me because I was taking a picture with a large pinhole camera made from a cardboard box. In the end I had to open the box and the film was blurred. Your box also looks like a bomb :D Good luck with the tests.

Success!

Walking tour, and in RED where I had coverage:

edit: data also arrived at the Arduino cloud, as expected:

touristic info: the walk was partly through the Louis Bertrandlaan. One of the prettiest lanes of the Brussels district. It's a protected view since 2020.

source: https://www.bruxellesbavard.be/nl/voor-groepen-en-ondernemingen/57--schaarbeek-1900

source:https://www.hln.be/brussel/gewest-beschermt-louis-betrandlaan~a91f55e3/165443150/

Great, glad it's sorted : )

Yes!

For future players. This map that skruglewicz mentioned, reflects coverage better than the TTN's own coverage map.

Good to see it connecting, but it looks like you could use a better antenna. How far can you connect between 2 MKRs?

Mine easily connect at over 3.5 km through houses and trees.

The link in my comment above for the TTN Mapper map should be https://ttnmapper.org/heatmap

Interesting... I'll need to drive by the gateway listed on https://ttnmapper.org/heatmap

I tested most of these: 

Glad you we're able to use TTN Mapper to locate the nearest gateway to your home. In my case I will need to drive by the the indicated gateway on the TTN Mapper site. Thanks for doing your walk. My drive by the gateway indicated on the TTN map did not work. which is why it is not indicate on the TTN Mapper heatmap.

What I really like about the TTN Mapper Heatmap, is that it gives more information then the TTN Map. I shows the date and time of the last LoRaWAN chirp. also It gives me the Lat,Lon of the gateway

I'll be able to pinpoint the gateway using GPS.

Glad you we're able to use TTN Mapper to locate the nearest gateway to your home. In my case I will need to drive by the the indicated gateway on the TTN Mapper site. Thanks for doing your walk. My drive by the gateway indicated on the TTN map did not work. which is why it is not indicate on the TTN Mapper heatmap.

What I really like about the TTN Mapper Heatmap, is that it gives more information then the TTN Map. I shows the date and time of the last LoRaWAN chirp. also It gives me the Lat,Lon of the gateway

I'll be able to pinpoint the gateway using GPS.

I now have my own gateway running. Based on an Elecrow design suggested by shabaz :  Low-Cost LoRaWAN Gateways! 

It doesn't appear on the coverage map (yet?), but it works.

edit: it is actually showing up: www.thethingsnetwork.org/map

and https://ttnmapper.org/heatmap/