# Very Short Range

**URL:** <https://community.morsemicro.com/t/very-short-range/384>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [March 18, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.morsemicro.com/t/very-short-range/384 "2025-03-18T21:55:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![MikeJr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@MikeJr](https://community.morsemicro.com/u/MikeJr)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.morsemicro.com/t/very-short-range/384/1 "2025-03-18T21:55:47Z")

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I have two HaloLink1 units. One is configured as AP and the other as EXT. Both are linked and when close to each other can obtain a link speed of 28 Mbps. If I move them apart by approximately 300 yards, that have less than 0.4 Mbps. It is literally clear line of sight between the two over a small pond. The YTube video shows much further range with clear line of sight.

This is in a small residential area with only a dozen houses within 100 yards of each device.

Any thoughts as to why the range is so poor for me?

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**Author:** ![ajudge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@ajudge](https://community.morsemicro.com/u/ajudge)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 5:55am UTC](https://community.morsemicro.com/t/very-short-range/384/2 "2025-03-19T05:55:27Z")

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Hi @MikeJr

Given that your description of the environment sounds like it should be very clean from an RF point of view, I would be interested in knowing the noise as measured by both the AP and extender devices, as well as the RSSI and MCS index.

If you can, please share a screenshot of the associated stations list in the Advanced Config → Wireless tab, as this will have all of that information. Please capture this information while traffic is flowing to ensure the highest MCS rate for the link is used.

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**Author:** ![paullai58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@paullai58](https://community.morsemicro.com/u/paullai58)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://community.morsemicro.com/t/very-short-range/384/3 "2025-03-23T11:30:08Z")

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You can try [Wi-Fi HaLow - AsiaRF Wi-Fi Solutions, IoT Connectivity, and Antennas](https://asiarf.com/product-category/wi-fi-halow/) .

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**Author:** ![nomadros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@nomadros](https://community.morsemicro.com/u/nomadros)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.morsemicro.com/t/very-short-range/384/4 "2026-01-18T12:11:16Z")

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I’ve been testing in dense forest and can get 400m with no line of sight but I’ve not tried with HaLowlink. You could try with a 40cm 3dBi LoRa fibreglass aerial (of the correct freq for where you are). Made a big difference to me. Tested with an ALFA R set up and it worked fine. An AsiaRF set up worked out of the box which had a 2.8dBi (EU version) aerial which was 3cm bigger than the ALFA. 5dBi and 10dBi aerials were too “pointy” for my use cases.