+++
title = 'Observe your neighbours weather stations'
aliases = '/posts/2023-07-30-observe-your-neighbours-weather-stations'
summary = '''Another simple and short snippet for *rtl_433*
on Linux (and probably FreeBSD).'''
date = '2023-07-30T09:10:10+02:00'
lastmod = '2024-09-28T23:48:07+0000'
categories = [ 'amateur-radio', 'computerstuff' ]
tags = [ '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.")