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    Quote Originally Posted by mackrackit View Post
    That is the point.
    Then it's almost certainly illegal.

    Unsupervised transmissions such as these are restricted. They cannot transmit continuously but for a limited time-slice out of every x number of seconds. It is detailed in FCC Part 15 regulations. It's been too long since I worked on this specifically and the recent loss of a HDD took my code and notes but I designed just this type of system a few years ago using battery operated transmitters as shown at...http://davehouston.org/adc.htm. I very recently discussed the choice of batteries and measuring battery charge in http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/show...9263#post99263.

    In N. America most of the spectrum from ~300-500MHz can be used for this type of project but off the shelf transmitters/receivers are generally only available for 315MHz, 418MHz & 433.92MHz although other frequencies are available for volume orders. Most top shelf RF remotes (e.g. Philips Pronto) use 418MHz here.

    In Europe, 433.92MHz is used for everything, fancy remotes, RF controlled lighting, RF controlled thermostats, RF controlled ceiling fans and much, much more.

    Interference is not much of a problem because of the restricted time-slices and because the limited range of these low power devices. The FCC power limits are much lower than CE limits so that out-of-the-box commercial devices usually have only 30-40' range. It's quite easy (and legal) to improve the receiving side with a preamp and better antenna to extend this to hundreds of feet. It is not legal to mess with the transmitter side.

    There are links to the FCC and other pertinent sites on my web page. http://davehouston.org/

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    Continuous was a poor choice of words on my part. The OP wants to send data once per second, so continuous meaning once per second or so.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mackrackit View Post
    Continuous was a poor choice of words on my part. The OP wants to send data once per second, so continuous meaning once per second or so.
    The OP needs to read what the FCC says about this in 15.231 Periodic operation in the band 40.66–40.70 MHz and above 70 MHz....
    In addition, devices operated under the provisions of this paragraph shall be provided with a means for automatically limiting operation so that the duration of each transmission shall not be greater than one second and the silent period between transmissions shall be at least 30 times the duration of the transmission but in no case less than 10 seconds.
    I cannot imagine what kind of data needs to be measured this often.

    EDIT: I went back to the original post...
    Update rate 6 readings/ second (all 6 sensors in 1 second).
    and I'm not sure I agree that he wants to send all data every second or whether he wants one second bursts at unspecified intervals. It would help to know where he is located and exactly what the sensors are measuring as well as how often he wants an update.
    Last edited by dhouston; - 20th February 2011 at 17:51.

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