*SOLUTION FOUND* just for anyone else that might run into this issue. Since I'm using an "amazon linux" machine that is "red hat like,"
I fully removed everything weewx related. reinstalled weewx using setup.py (NOT REHAT PACKAGE) used amazon's suggestion <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/set-time.html>in how to change the machines time zone (since wlink needs the machine and weather station in the same time zone) dowloaded the wlink.py and put it in /home/weewx/bin/user Used the wlink instructions HERE <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/wlink> and now have data -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.