yes. that’s why you should buy a vantage pro2 (but won’t) > On 23 Nov 2021, at 22:40, Rick M0LEP <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue 23 Nov Stephen Hocking wrote: >> Something that transmits using the 433MHz can be done using the SDR >> driver, but for most of the devices, the pressure is measured in the >> base station, which doesn't need to broadcast. For the acurite stuff, >> I use my user.py to scrape the pressure off the device's web page. > > Most of the mid-price systems available now seem to be made by Bresser. > I trawled this list's archive for recent mentions of Bresser kit, but > only found references to older USB-connected systems. The new ones all > seem to use 868MHz for communicating with their sensor unit. I did find > one ACCUR8 unit available that uses 433MHz. > > My first system was a cheap Fine-Offset-based one, and it worked after a > fashion (and somewhat intermittently) for about three years. I've had > the BloomSky since mid 2019. The main unit hasn't been particularly > troublesome, but I've already had to replace the Storm unit once before > (under guarantee, thankfully), and the replacement now needs replacing. > If they're only going to last a couple of years then they'll work out > mighty expensive in the long run. (Sam Vimes' Boots Theory applies here, > I fear...) > > Unless I mount it in a very inaccessible location needing long ladders > etc., (which isn't great for changing batteries and cleaning things) the > sensor unit needs to be wireless. > > -- > 73, Rick, M0LEP > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/679b.619cd342.83bdf%40hewett.org.
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