Waveshare SX1262/SX1268 LoRa HAT, Compatible with Raspberry Pi 5/4B/3B/Zero/Zero W/Zero 2W/Pico/Pico W/Pico WH, UART Interface, SX1262 915M LoRa HAT

Why did you pick this product vs others?:This Raspberry Pi LORA Hat is very convenient and can be used to connect multiple devices together or even connect your Raspberry Pi to a registered gateway in your area (check for nearby gateway on the things network). But I definitely recommend this for LORA projects because Waveshare has excellent documentation and operating instructions which is invaluable if you have never user LORA before.

This device cannot legally be used in the U.S., Australia or South America because of the way it sets its operating frequency. Waveshare has been informed, but it does not seem likely they will 'fix' it. DO NOY BUY.

I think LoRa devices are a really neat technology that allows low bandwidth long distance communication over a fault tolerant network. It also is just fun setting up Meshtastic nodes and getting and sending messages to people in your region. This hat comes with everything you need to get it connected to a Raspberry Pi, however one thing to take note of is that this particular board is known to have some potential issues with retransmission if you use it with Meshtastic, which is fine as you can disable retransmit and just use it as an endpoint node. If you're using it for your own personal LoRa project that isn't based on Meshtastic, then this is a non issue. The antenna seems to do a decent job for range, and the hat itself isn't so cumbersome that it would cause significant issues with a case if your project requires it.

Returned. The description does not advise that it is not compatible with Meshtastic.