Packaged Rain Station

A complete, self-contained rainfall reporting station. Rain funnels into a tipping bucket; every 1 mm tip is transmitted in real time over your ALERT or ALERT2 radio network — through years of unattended operation on battery and solar power.

Configure this station → Download 5354 datasheet (PDF)

What's in the box — and what you decide

Three lists tell you everything about ordering this station: what every unit includes, the options you can add, and the two things only you can tell us.

Included in every station

Standpipe enclosure, vandal-resistant
Rain-gauge top with funnel & screen 5054TS
Tipping-bucket sensor, 25 ft cable 5050P-MS
Data transmitter with logging 50386
3 dB omni antenna + cable
Gel-cell battery, 22 Ah 5031-22
Solar panel with regulator
ALERT2 encoder + GPS (on /A2)

Options you can add

Cellular radio modem OP21
Iridium satellite modem OP22
Wi-Fi radio modem OP23
Network interface OP14
Antenna lightning protection 5050LA
Standpipe ground kit 5054SG
Slide-in access door 5054SD
Wind screen, standpipe mount 2526MK-S
All-weather rain & snow gauge 2500
Gauge calibrator 2595

You must specify at order

Radio: Maxon 5 W standard; Ritron 5 W or 30 W specify
Your licensed operating frequency specify

Don't have a frequency yet? Here's how licensing works.

Which variant do I need?

If your network…	Order	Why
Runs ALERT2 (or this is a new network)	5354/A2	ALERT2 is the current NHWC standard: collision-free TDMA slots, error correction, 4× data rate
Is an existing legacy ALERT system	5354	Matches your current receivers; upgradeable to ALERT2 later
Needs remote polling or control outputs	5854/A2	Same station on the two-way 50388 SCADA platform — 5854 details →