You can get them in varying sizes from gardening equipment stores or construction stores, either in galvanised or stainless steel versions. If you need more length, you can join two or more of them in ‘series’.
Huh … with LMIC stack ? I have yet to have mine run longer than a couple of weeks before something crashes and it needs a reboot. I took some example the Rocket Scream guys.
no not LMIC… inside is a RN2483 + 328p + dc boost converter (designed and build by rocket scream)
Tx every 5 min. then deepsleep… awaken by the rn2483 itself