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Re: Grabbing wireless data using rt_433 and a cheap USB SDR dongle

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I stopped feeding MBW about a year ago.  It was a convenient service, and the iPhone app was OK.  With the WU app on my Apple Watch, I can actually select my home station as a "complication" (data window) on my watch face and see the temperature at a glance without starting the MBW app.

I was testing the SDR again this morning, and happened to catch this rare coincidence at 7:55:53:

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2015-12-06 07:55:53 Acurite tower sensor 0x219F Ch A: 20.9 C 69.6 F 127 % RH
2015-12-06 07:55:53 Acurite tower sensor 0x219F Ch A: 20.9 C 69.6 F 127 % RH
2015-12-06 07:55:53 Acurite tower sensor 0x219F Ch A: 20.9 C 69.6 F 127 % RH
2015-12-06 07:55:53 Acurite 5n1 sensor 0x0000 Ch C, Status 00, Unknown message type 0x00
2015-12-06 07:55:53 Acurite 5n1 sensor 0x0000 Ch C, Status 00, Unknown message type 0x00
2015-12-06 07:56:06 Acurite 5n1 sensor 0x04C3 Ch C, Total rain fall since last reset: 0.00
2015-12-06 07:56:06 Acurite 5n1 sensor 0x04C3 Ch C, Msg 31, Wind 0 kmph / 0.0 mph 180.0° S (15), rain gauge 0.00 in.
2015-12-06 07:56:06 Acurite 5n1 sensor 0x04C3 Ch C, Total rain fall since last reset: 0.00
2015-12-06 07:56:06 Acurite 5n1 sensor 0x04C3 Ch C, Msg 31, Wind 0 kmph / 0.0 mph 180.0° S (15), rain gauge 0.00 in.
2015-12-06 07:56:06 Acurite 5n1 sensor 0x04C3 Ch C, Total rain fall since last reset: 0.00
2015-12-06 07:56:06 Acurite 5n1 sensor 0x04C3 Ch C, Msg 31, Wind 0 kmph / 0.0 mph 180.0° S (15), rain gauge 0.00 in.

The tower sensor apparently "jammed" reception of the 5-in-1's transmission at the exact same instant.  Note that it apparently sends each packet three times, and that wasn't enough to recover.....

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