[Nmweather]

Another picture of my enclosure after sealing the holes and a coat of paint, I installed a bulkhead fitting for an external antenna as I did assume that the metal  would limit the transmission range. My house is made of adobe (mud bricks) and attenuates radio signals significantly - if you want to make a phone call you'll sometimes need to go outside! So we'll see how it works once mounted,  the plastic box attached to the right is where the AQM will go as I could not add an external wifi antenna for the esp32 - hopefully it will reach the router but if not I may set up a wifi access point on the outside of the house.

   

I noticed that the connector on the cable from the Davis junction box is an rj45 so I was able to make a cable to test out the wind and rain instruments, delighted to discover everything works and data is finding its way to CumulusMX. 

   

My plan is to go with the TCP/IP connection to Cumulus so I will set that up next. I still have to put my power supply on a board and mount the Tx and battery in the enclosure, then run connections to the instruments/mains power, and make a radiation shield for the temp/humidity sensor.

Thanks very much for the information and encouragement! I'm excited to get my station online.