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1. SuperM+uQa[view] [source] 2026-02-04 10:20:12
>>jnord+(OP)
I'm currently thinkering of building a balloon with a 2.4GHz LoRa transmitter (SX128x) and a low-power STM32U microcontroller.

Why?

- You can repurpose 2.4GHz Wifi gear opening many doors

- You can easily include volunteers dumping data from HF into a IP sink for telemetry. TTGO offers boards with 2.4GHz LoRa.

- Theoretically you still can add a "low rate" 868MHz/433MHz and a "high rate" 2.4GHz for transmitting pictures and other stuff more quickly.

- BOM friendly. As the balloon might get lost you have to plan a bit for costs.

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2. Neywin+wWc[view] [source] 2026-02-04 21:27:20
>>SuperM+uQa
Why not use the STMs that have the LoRa built in?
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