Hi unknown neighbor. Your weather station is my weatherstation thanks to rtl_433. Thank you.

#sdr #rtl_433 #rtl_sdr #radio

me: *pipes rtl_433 output as JSON into a Python script*

Python script: *crashes and exits after an hour due to a network error*

rtl_433: *continues on as if nothing has happened*

Sure, ignoring SIGPIPE is definitely the right course of action here. 🙄

#rtl433 #rtl_433

I'm trying to receive a weather station at 868.3 MHz as well as some heat cost allocators and water meters at 868.95 MHz, both via #rtl_433.

Up until now, I did this using

rtl_433 -f 868.3M -f 868.95 -H 15 -s 250k -Y autolevel -Y magest -M noise -M level

i.e. frequency hopping. But shouldn't I be able to capture both frequencies simultaneously with a higher sample rate? But with "-f 868.3M -s 2M" nothing shows up anymore at all.

Edit: Solved! https://chaos.social/@scy/113068997126643230

#SDR #rtl433

So, I figured out how to use rtl_433 to receive the signal from my little weather station on the roof. Then discovered I was also getting the neighbor's weather station as well as occasional pings from elsewhere.

The interesting part is: the explanation for the difference in signal strength for the neighbor's weather station (blue line) from 8:45-11:30 today is that my civic was not parked in the garage on the other side of the wall from the antenna.

#rtl_sdr #rtl_433

Welp! Turns out the wireless temperature sensor won’t report higher than 140°F due to a sanity check in #rtl_433. Fortunately the wired temperature sensor tracked the temperature all the way up to 164°F today. And it wasn’t even sunny all day!

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