Innovation isn't just a technological issue, but a social and cultural shift. Maker Faire Rome makes innovation accessible and enjoyable to all, a showcase of passion. Being there was a deeply rewarding experience, made possible thanks to the Italian Radio Amateurs Association (Associazione Radioamatori Italiani), club of Roma Capitale APS, which for the third consecutive year presented a valuable project: "OFF-GRID radio communications, the radio always works."

Recently, some users have expressed concerns about LoRa 32 V4 receiver sensitivity. Let me tell you the conclusion first: Don't worry, compared with V3, V4 performs better both in receiver and transmission.

This article will demonstrate this through both communication principles and experiments.

Step 1​

Fork Heltec Wi-Ki repository, and clone the forked project into local. Copy the contest-content-template file in the news folder, rename it into your project name, lowercase, spaces are replaced by -.

Enter the folder and change the name of "contest-content-template.md" to the same as the parent directory.

Now your folder structure should look like this

Heltec_Docs_News/
├── docs/                           # Document Directory
│   ├── devices/             # Wiki Document 1
│   ├── platform/             # Wiki Document 2
│   ├── intro.md
│   └── platforms.md
│
├── news/                           # Document Directory
│   ├── my-project-name/             # Wiki Document 1
│   │   ├── img/
│   │   │   ├── 01.svg
│   │   │   ├── 02.png
│   │   │   ├── 03.png
│   │   │   ├── 04.png
│   │   │   └── ...
│   │   └── my-project-name.md         # Wiki in subdirectories
│   ├── contest-content-template/             # Wiki Document 1
│   ├── contest-content-template-usage-guide/             # Wiki Document 2
│   ├── 2025-Heltec-Maker-Contest.md
│   ├── 2025-Heltec-Maker-Contest-Privacy-Policy.md
│   ├── authors.yml
│   └── tags.yml
│
├── scripts/
│   └── ...
│
├── src/
│   └── ...
└── ...

Step 2​

Now you can start creating your project in the my-project-name.md file. Put the relevent pictures into the img directory under my-project-name. Submit a PR to Heltec Wi-Ki repository, then wait for review. After the review is passed, your post will be displayed on Heltec News Page.

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Calling all tinkerers, hackers, and makers from around the world! The first global Heltec Maker Contest is here—time to showcast your wildest ideas and excellent projects.

If you've got a brilliant idea, a fascinating discovery, or an interesting setup in special scenario- this is your stage. Whether it's an alpha prototype or polished project, solo or team effort-we want to see your creativity with Heltec hardware.