RF / LoRa Antenna Consultant Needed for Marine Drone Antenna Module tuning

Posted 2 weeks ago

Worldwide

Summary

We are looking for an experienced RF / antenna consultant who can help us diagnose and improve the LoRa communication range of a compact marine drone antenna module. Drone is going to communicate with master vessel over LoRa channel at distances up to 2km. This is initially a consulting and troubleshooting task. The goal is to understand the root cause of the current LoRa range problem and define a practical improvement plan. Task and Deliverables We expect the consultant to: * Review our current antenna module configuration: LoRa, GNSS, and Iridium antennas installed close together on/near a PCB ground plate. * Review photos, wiring, mechanical layout, antenna placement, and RF test results. * Analyze our LoRa RSSI/SNR logs. * Interpret our VNA S11/SWR measurements * Help determine whether the issue is caused by antenna matching, ground plane/counterpoise, cable/connector problems, radiation pattern, antenna placement, RF interference, or LoRa configuration. * Recommend additional practical tests we can to perform. * Suggest improvements to the LoRa antenna system and antenna module layout. * Provide recommendations for the next design iteration.

  • Less than 30 hrs/week
    Hourly
  • 1-3 months
    Duration
  • Intermediate
    Experience Level
  • $20.00

    -

    $50.00

    Hourly
  • Remote Job
  • Ongoing project
    Project Type
Skills and Expertise
Mandatory skills
RF engineering
Antenna design and debugging
Activity on this job
  • Proposals:15 to 20
  • Last viewed by client:5 days ago
  • Hires:
    1
  • Interviewing:
    0
  • Invites sent:
    0
  • Unanswered invites:
    0
About the client
Member since Sep 19, 2016
  • Sweden
    Stockholm7:39 PM
  • $10K total spent
    17 hires, 5 active
  • 295 hours

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