[RFI] Weather Station on 433.92?

Cortland Richmond ka5s at earthlink.net
Sun Apr 8 20:35:04 EDT 2007


Lin, 

That falls under Part 15.   15.209 says 200 microvolts per meter at 3
meters, so it's pretty loud.    A Part 15 user is responsible for stopping
interference to a licensed one, of course.  That's no help if you're both
of 'em!

Cortland
KA5S


> [Original Message]
> From: <digital-conjurers at adelphia.net>
> To: <rfi at contesting.com>
> Date: 2/3/2007 9:20:59 PM
> Subject: [RFI] Weather Station on 433.92?
>
> Maybe some can enlighten me on this one:
>
> Just set up a LaCrosse/Discovery Store weather Station (Model FX 5000)
that 
> has a remote temp/humidity sensor that uses a signal on 433.92 Mhz to
relay 
> info to the base station.
>
> Is there something in part 97 that I'm missing that allows this sort of 
> operation of a consumer device inside our ham bands? [According to the 
> national "suggested band plan", this falls right into the 
> "Auxiliary/Repeater Links" section.]
>
> Lin/KJ6E



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