PP&L & 915 MHz

Your Itron power meter is transmitting your power usage using AMR standard message format using either the IDM or SCM message formats. Both are spread spectrum messages between 905 to 915 MHz.

You are billed monthly for this meter, but are not given any way to view the information.

Enter rtlamr. Using this library and a cheap RTL-SDR, you can view your whole residence power usage with minute level accurate and second level percision (using IDM). Oh wait, and also your neighbors… or more…

more to come