Cumulus Support

Is it possible to bypass the handset and somehow get your laptop to receive the signal,
I have a spare netbook I would like to use as a dedicated weather station ??

Possible, but not simple. Also the pressure sensor is in the base unit so you would have to make a replacement for that as well. Then if you wanted to use Cumulus you would have to emulate one of the weather stations Cumulus supports, or use the Easy weather data file approach.