Reception of Reach antenna and ground plane under fiberglass cover

[Sylvain_POULAIN]

How to design a weather-proof reach base station?

Hi, this is my installation, portable but also weatherproof. [image] I used a cheap Omnitracs Antenna Unit (15€ via the …bay), threw out whatever possible, placed 3s Lion-Batteries (8.5 - 12.5 Volts) down under the copper board, added a DC/DC converter to +5 Volts, connected the Reach via 3DR Radio to the mobile, 3DR under the Reach device and its copper board. The 3DR antenne is a self made Magnetic Loop Antenna for 433 MHz (small but powerfull and no groundplane neccessary, RF power output…

I don’t think it’s a problem. Professionnal grade are under epoxy with gelcoat. Be careful with painting (some have metal inside)