HF Antenna ( unusable / marginal )

Im currently setting up my proxmark3 ez and ran into an issue. Once everything had been completed I ran the command hw tune. This came back with the LF antenna reading as “ok” and the HF antenna reading as ( unusable ) with a voltage draw Max of 2v. I swapped the usb port the prox was plugged into because that port can be finnicky. After I did this the HF antennas voltage Max went up to 3v and the HF Antenna read as ( Marginal ). Is this a hardware issue and can I use the device properly on marginal? Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you in advance.

[=] -------- Reminder ----------------------------
[=] hw tune doesn’t actively tune your antennas.
[=] It’s only informative.
[=] Measuring antenna characteristics…
[|] 10

[=] -------- LF Antenna ----------
[+] 125.00 kHz … 21.41 V
[+] 134.83 kHz … 14.24 V
[+] 117.65 kHz optimal… 25.14 V
[+]
[+] Approx. Q factor measurement
[+] Frequency bandwidth… 6.3
[+] Peak voltage… 7.3
[+] LF antenna… ok

[=] -------- HF Antenna ----------
[+] 13.56 MHz… 3.05 V
[+]
[+] Approx. Q factor measurement
[+] Peak voltage… 0.9
[+] HF antenna ( marginal )

If you got a proxmark with a booster board, the tune code is not equipped to handle this configuration and returns unusable.

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Oh ok, I did install the booster board. Thank you so much for the swift reply!!! So assuming it’s isn’t some unseen issue the board should be in working order?

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Correct, The PM3Easy doesnt have any dynamic tuning like the RDV4 does so you dont have anything to worry about!

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Thank you so much!