[Scan-DC] [OT] Weather Station Misery/Mystery

[lepine15]

Did you check the roof?


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From: David Lloyd <lloydde at verizon.net> 
Date: 12/09/2013  7:13 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: Scan-DC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net> 
Subject: [Scan-DC] [OT] Weather Station Misery/Mystery 
 
Hey Scan-DCers!  I figured I would try to ping the group on this one—since many of you are very familiar with working with radio waves.    Life is weird sometimes and this is a real humdinger of a mystery to me.  I need suggestions before I drive myself crazy and the battery dies.  In July, I bought an Acurite weather temperature with an outside broadcasting sensor.   I had it outside on my balcony and I'm pretty sure some kids decided to take it and hide it.

Now, I can't find it.  I've tried looking based on the sun movements--I know it's in the sun because it said it was 70 degrees this morning.   Maybe i should just replace the unit.  It is just a shame, since it's working nicely.   Maybe I'm just glutton for punishment or curious about how these things actually work. I’ve played around with my scanner to see if I could hear the data stream.  Short of having more sophisticated equipment, I doubt I”ll be able to find locate the transmitter. 

My question:  Is there a way to locate it via the remote's RF ping?  The documentation says it only transmits up to 100 feet, but chatter online seems to place it up to 300-odd feet and in the 433 MHz range.   I think it's a metric conversion issue.   My indoor unit does include a signal strength indicator, but that hasn't been very helpful--just when it looks dead, it is very strong again.   I guess it doesn’t help I live in an apartment community—lots of little nooks and crannies.  The lawn crew hasn’t chopped it up with their mowers—and it’s definitely outside somewhere.   Help?  

Thanks!!

David L. 
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