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Oregon Scientific is mostly known for their weather stations, but today the company passed a pretty slick fitness monitoring system through the FCC.  The system consists of a wireless heart rate monitor (SZ909), watch (SE833), and USB dongle (AD112) that enables you to analyze fitness stats on your PC.

The wireless heart rate monitor, pictured above right, is designed to be strapped around the chest of users.  The heart rate monitor sends data to the watch, which helps users to set fitness goals and monitor progress.  The watch can also wirelessly connect to other Oregon Scientific devices, such as a bike monitoring pod.

All fitness data can also be downloaded to Oregon Scientific’s PC software.  However, information about the software was not available in the company’s FCC filing.

Nike has popularized wireless fitness systems with the Nike + Fit system, but it appears that Oregon Scientific has one-upped Nike with a more complete wireless fitness system here.  No word in pricing or availability.