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Gateway sends OK when I touch the Antenna

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    ahmedadelhosni
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    Hello

    I am using W5100 with UNO. I am powering the W5100 from UNO ( I know this is not the perfect way but it worked for weeks ). Sometimes the gateway is initialized but it sends fail. I put my hands around the antenna and the gateway works OK.

    Any explanation what da hell is that :) ?

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      problem doesn't happen using nrf without antenna. Maybe power problem ?

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        I had this problem and when i made a better ground connection from my voltage regulator to source ground it dissapeared... could be just a lucky call but...

        Controller: Proxmox VM - Home Assistant
        MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - W5100 Ethernet, Gw Shield Nrf24l01+ 2,4Ghz
        MySensors GW: Arduino Uno - Gw Shield RFM69, 433mhz
        RFLink GW - Arduino Mega + RFLink Shield, 433mhz

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          @ahmedadelhosni said:

          Hello

          I am using W5100 with UNO. I am powering the W5100 from UNO ( I know this is not the perfect way but it worked for weeks ). Sometimes the gateway is initialized but it sends fail. I put my hands around the antenna and the gateway works OK.

          Any explanation what da hell is that :) ?

          Sounds like pa/lna module on max power. Have a read here: http://forum.mysensors.org/topic/1877/2-x-nrf24l01-pa-lna-with-rf24_pa_max/14

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