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you should read about ham radio mate... there are some amazing protocols and modulations to save power.

And of course: 7mhz 0.5W transmitter could be heard worldwide... no jokes.

I have my license, and I noted about this in the post. I experimented with the U4B for tracking and found it not to be reliable enough. For the future, I'm planning on using the 70 cm ham band for LoRa.

It's on a balloon, right?

No point pissing about. Go to 4 metres, dangle a J-pole from the bottom.

There, now you've just about got Over The Horizon capability.

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