# Start of a weather station project

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Have a look at this thread for a range check that gave a distance of 435m.  
As long as it's line-of-sight the radios perform really well.  
As soon as the signal encounters brick walls and other solid objects - signal rapidly deteriorates.

> [@Using nRF24L01 radios as part of a weather station](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-nrf24l01-radios-as-part-of-a-weather-station/32758):
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> This is an extension of the weather station project one of my IoT students tackled last year (2019). The objective was to have a remote sensor (located in one of the school's gardens) to send temp/humidity/pressure readings to a database using MQTT. Initially a Wemos D1 Mini was used but the WiFi range of the ESP8266 limited the distance the sensor could be placed from the school. Someone suggested I should look at the inexpensive UHF radios - - nRF24L01 as an alternative. I've just spent a …

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