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By diffstorm
#69352 Hi All,

I've noticed that the antenna range becomes not more than 10 meters when ESP is in AP_STA mode.
(In the STA only mode, antenna range is about 300 meters)

Did somebody measured range in AP_STA mode?

Is there a way to increase the range in that setup?

(I'm using PCB antenna)

Thanks in advance.
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By rudy
#69435 I want to but I have not had the time yet. I hope that you are wrong. If not then I hope it will be an easy fix. It would suck if this was how it had to be.
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By QuickFix
#69439 Are you sure your board actually reaches 300m with the on-board (PCB) antenna? :?
I find that a bit hard to believe; even 100m would be impressive in my opinion (though 25-50m would sound more real to me, depending on the circumstances).

Andreas Spiess did a few small range tests in the beginning of 2016: