Here are the changes to rfthermtest.py to run with python3.
line 37: print("Please wait max 5 mins for the temperature transmitter to transmit...")
line 42: char = ser.read().decode('ascii')
line 50: llapMsg += ser.read(11).decode('ascii')
line 56: print("Device Number : " + devID)
line 57: print("Temperature data : " + data)