The more people that see you, better chance your miner is involved with proof of coverage to get a mining reward. It's still just a radio wave so "line of site"

The more people that see you, better chance your miner is involved with proof of coverage to get a mining reward. It's still just a radio wave so "line of site" improves everything. Visit https://explorer.helium.com/ https://explorer.helium.com/ You can visually see the miners and activity.