Most weather stations quote a maximum range of around 100 meters (line of sight) between a sensor a console/base station - Davis Instruments devices are stronger and send up to 300m. In real life conditions, we have walls, trees, rooves and other obstructions and this can reduce the range a signal can be reliably received. We usually suggest a real world range of about a third of maximum range.
The following is a table of reception loss vs. the transmission medium. Each “wall” or obstruction decreases the transmission range by the factor shown below.
| Medium | RF Signal Strength Reduction |
| Glass (untreated) | 5-15% |
| Plastics | 10-15% |
| Wood | 10-40% |
| Brick | 10-40% |
| Concrete | 40-80% |
| Metal | 90-100% |
Normally, you can adjust positions of sensors an receivers to optimise sour signal strength - something a simple as moving a console near to a window or nearer to line of sight.