First Implant Report: Mostly positive but questions

[Pilgrimsmaster]

@baabalicious

I will be patient

Yeah, one more week.

Eriequiets suggestion to do an identical clone and test both at the same time is a good idea.
I sounds like you know what you are doing, but one thing you may not be used to dealing with is, the small form factor and the reduced range that comes with it.

Amals suggestion with the xFD will help you find the reader antenna and best orientation

Check out this post that may give you some suggestions that could help.

NEXT implant orientation

Some great advice above, I would add, if you have the ability to open the cover for the reader, or share a photo/ make / model of the reader, somebody here may have some experience with that particular reader. As far as what you have experienced so far, to me, it sounds like a coupling / read range issue, that you may be able to refine / improve with a couple of tweaks. As mentioned above, the xFD with help you picture where the antenna is, and you can use that to your advantage. The one you …