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Post by MugRB on Feb 14, 2011 19:24:55 GMT -5
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Post by ney on Feb 15, 2011 1:43:26 GMT -5
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Post by red on Feb 25, 2011 21:27:56 GMT -5
I thought you are on dial-up?
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Post by ney on Feb 26, 2011 16:21:50 GMT -5
MugRB is still on dial up as far as I know for theres no DSL or cable internet in his area. At lest there was not over 6 months ago. Im on DSL with my phone company and im just waiting for my upgrade to fiber optic DSL with my phone company to give me even faster speeds witch will happen soon.
Darren
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Post by MugRB on Feb 26, 2011 21:50:18 GMT -5
About the only thing I can get out here is satellite broadband or internet connection via my cellphone provider.
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Post by ney on May 5, 2011 16:20:30 GMT -5
Is it easy to about setting up your own weather station. I have weather apps and stuff on my PC and what I pictured at the start of this thread to get my forecasts but I dont really have my own weather station as such. I have had a sort of intrest in the weather and weather forecasting for over 18 years now. Have got ino weather forecasting even more since I first got the internet in early 1999 and was on the old dial up to for the first 5 years.
Darren
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Post by MugRB on May 7, 2011 22:25:17 GMT -5
I'm not so much interested in the forecast part, rather that I enjoy recording the data sets. Whether for posting to the local NWS or with the organization I'm currently with posting rain & snow data.
My La Crosses was very easy to set up. Everything is wireless so no cords were run through windows or through the wall. The rain collector has to be in an open area away from trees & buildings to measure rainfall more accurately. The wind sensor mounts on an ordinary TV antenna mast. I'm using two ten foot sections and have it mounted from the wall with a wall mounting bracket set. The wind sensor is approximately 25 feet off the ground. The National Weather Service (NWS) recommends about 30 to 35 feet, if possible. In order to get that high I need guy wires. Temp/Humidity sensor has be be mounted out of the weather some and away from direct sunlight for obvious reasons. Again, not an issue as I built sort of a shelter that will allow plenty of air movement around the sensor and block the sun and most rainfall.
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Post by ney on May 8, 2011 3:29:44 GMT -5
I'm not so much interested in the forecast part, rather that I enjoy recording the data sets. Whether for posting to the local NWS or with the organization I'm currently with posting rain & snow data. My La Crosses was very easy to set up. Everything is wireless so no cords were run through windows or through the wall. The rain collector has to be in an open area away from trees & buildings to measure rainfall more accurately. The wind sensor mounts on an ordinary TV antenna mast. I'm using two ten foot sections and have it mounted from the wall with a wall mounting bracket set. The wind sensor is approximately 25 feet off the ground. The National Weather Service (NWS) recommends about 30 to 35 feet, if possible. In order to get that high I need guy wires. Temp/Humidity sensor has be be mounted out of the weather some and away from direct sunlight for obvious reasons. Again, not an issue as I built sort of a shelter that will allow plenty of air movement around the sensor and block the sun and most rainfall. Thanks for the info, Darren
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Post by ney on May 8, 2011 5:58:44 GMT -5
Ment to also ak how do you get the info from that to the PC to go on a weather site. So your station is listed on the internet.
Darren
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Post by MugRB on May 9, 2011 19:13:27 GMT -5
I use the WUHU (Weather Underground Heavyweather Uploader) uploader software. It automatically uploads the data. It extracts the data from the Heavy Weather Pro software that is stored in the data history file. The data sets come from the console via wireless transmissions from the sensors. Then those data sets are transmitted to the USB radio transceiver (it transmits and receives) plugged into the computer. When I delete the highs & lows, the USB devise transmits to the console that is in my bedroom and erases the highs and lows on it.
Simply put it is all done by radio transmissions. Just like a cellphone.
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