why my rf433 only can transmit within a short distance like a length of ruler?
K Thread Starter kuannygohcheetatt Joined Oct 31, 2013 61 Nov 29, 2014 #1 why my rf433 only can transmit within a short distance like a length of ruler?
MikeML Joined Oct 2, 2009 5,444 Nov 29, 2014 #2 How big an antenna on the transmitter? How big an antenna on the receiver? To get any reasonable range, both of the antennas must be a full-length half-wave center-fed dipole at 433megHz. dipole length = 3e10/(2.05*433e6) = 27.7cm Using full size dipoles, I get a range of >200m using the cheap Ebay 315MHz modules.
How big an antenna on the transmitter? How big an antenna on the receiver? To get any reasonable range, both of the antennas must be a full-length half-wave center-fed dipole at 433megHz. dipole length = 3e10/(2.05*433e6) = 27.7cm Using full size dipoles, I get a range of >200m using the cheap Ebay 315MHz modules.