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!Observe your neighbours weather stations

July 2023 · 1 minute read

Posted in:  linux freebsd sdr wx 



Install the package named <kbd>rtl-433</kbd> on most distributions on Linux. It's
also available on [FreeBSD](https://ports.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=rtl-433).

You might want to install
[these udev-Rules](https://github.com/osmocom/rtl-sdr/blob/master/rtl-sdr.rules).

FYI, reloading these rules with:

```console
$ sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger
```

Then we should be able to run the program like this:

```console
$ rtl_433 -C si -M hires -M level -M stats -Y auto
```

This will look per default on 433.29 MHz, other available frequencies are 315, 345,
868 and 915 MHz. To listen on other frequencies add `-f 868M` to the command above
for example.

I've installed this on a laptop running Ubuntu.

![Preview](preview.png "A preview image showing some test entries basically from an old weather station.")


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