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  • Why Isn’t Your Hotspot Earning More?

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    So you’ve got your Heli­um Hotspot up and crank­ing and you’re all proud of your new deploy­ment. Well done you!  As you cruise around Explor­er to see how much bet­ter your deploy­ment is than every­one else’s, you notice a neigh­bor who’s earn­ing more. What’s the deal? Are they cheat­ing? Do they have a mag­ic anten­na? How…

  • Can I Get A Witness?

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    Hav­ing trou­ble under­stand­ing why your hotspot isn’t get­ting a Wit­ness? Are you see­ing mes­sages about being above or below the bounds of an RSSI met­ric? Let’s dig in!  There is an UPDATE to this post over here. Feel free to read on, but the rest of this post talks about a sys­tem that is no longer…

  • Does A Helium Hotspot Actually Expose You To Powerful Radiation?

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    Are Heli­um Hotspots dan­ger­ous to be around? How much RF ener­gy do they emit? Should you or your hosts be wor­ried about the expo­sure lev­els? Let’s run through the facts, then you can make your own decision.  We’ll start with this: In gen­er­al, Heli­um Hotspots rarely emit any RF. They’re built to receive sig­nals far…

  • How I Built An Awesome Lightweight Off Grid Helium Miner

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    How small can you build an off grid min­er? Can every­thing fit in one back­pack? How light can that pack be? Final­ly, why would you want a tiny off grid miner? And yeah, those are Pup­pies Make Me Hap­py sunglasses.  I’ll start with the last ques­tion. Why would you want a tiny off grid min­er? The…

  • FAQ

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    Nik

    Can we have a quick phone call to dis­cuss a [real­ly great oppor­tu­ni­ty] / [place­ment ques­tions] / [anten­na choice] etc? No. Your best bet is to:  I don’t have a “free analy­sis” call option, that’s just mar­ket­ing bullshit.  How much will my DePIN Min­er (Heli­um, Weath­erXM, Hivemap­per, etc) earn? A lot in the ear­ly days, less lat­er…

  • Helium 101: Cable Loss and EIRP.

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    Got ques­tions about what kind of cable you should use to con­nect your Heli­um hotspot to your anten­na? Want a Heli­um-spe­cif­ic cable loss table? You’re not alone! Lots of folks want to know if they should use LMR 240 or 400 or 900, or how long it can be, or if they should use the cable…

  • The 7 Steps For Earning Maximum HNT With Your Helium Hotspot

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    Nik

    Want to earn the absolute most HNT for any giv­en hotspot deploy­ment? After deploy­ing or con­sult­ing on deploy­ing hun­dreds of Heli­um Hotspots, I’ve come up with a check­list of 7 vital steps for max­i­mum earn­ings. Skip­ping any one of them will cost you HNT, plain and simple.  THE RIGHT LOCATION — Loca­tion is the most…

  • How to do a Helium Hotspot Placement Assessment

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    Get­ting the most out of a Heli­um hotspot deploy­ment requires a strat­e­gy to max­i­mize your place­ment, anten­na ele­va­tion, and then phys­i­cal­ly deploy­ing the thing.  Most of the earn­ings will come from the place­ment. I know it’s usu­al­ly eas­i­est to just put it up in your house, but it’s prob­a­bly worth assess­ing a few spots before you…

  • Shield Your Helium Hotspot From Powerful Lightning Strikes

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    How do you attach a light­ning arrestor to your Heli­um hotspot anten­na? What does one look like? Is it dangerous? Let’s start with a pic­ture. This will answer 90% of your questions. You can (and accord­ing to knowl­edgable ham radio oper­a­tors) SHOULD con­nect the light­ning arrestor at the oth­er end of the cable, down by…

  • Helium Hotspot Connections

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    Nik

    Have a ques­tion about which con­nec­tor or pow­er sup­ply or anten­na cable you should get? Here’s an easy ref­er­ence to use when you’re order­ing parts. I make every effort to keep this updat­ed, but in some cas­es the man­u­fac­tur­ers them­selves are con­tra­dic­to­ry. Check YOUR hotspot to make sure you’re get­ting the right con­nec­tor and PoE…