[aprssig] Recommendation for remote APRS weather station

[Jason Winningham]

I’m planning a remote APRS weather station. What are the current best options for the sensor hardware?  

The obvious (for me anyway) first choice is an Argent setup, but there’s no outdoor temperature sensor housing included in that kit.  I know the Davis was recommended at one time, but their APRS specific interface seems to have been discontinued.  I found an Ambient Weather unit that looks OK, but I haven’t checked into interfacing to APRS systems.

Really not thrilled with excessively complex solutions requiring RTL-SDR and a pi.

I have an old FC-301 and a few old HTs that are radio candidates (we’ve got a good APRS network, I won’t need much power to get out from this particular hilltop).

Any general recommendations or lessons learned from those who have operated “mountaintop” setups would be appreciated.  This one is a hilltop site only half a mile off the road in Alabama, but I’d like to do it right.

thanks,
Jason
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