Stay away from Acurite. You get what you pay for. Not a happy customer.
Randy N1KWF
On Sat, Mar 2, 2019 at 4:01 PM Kevin Zembower <kzembower@verizon.net> wrote:
> I second the recommendation for Ambient (https://ambientweather.net/). I
> got their WS-2902A for Christmas, so, less than three months experience
> with it so far. I like it very much, except for some concerns:
>
> * The wind direction and speed sensors are mounted too close to the
> housing, so any snow over 3 inches stops both of them from turning.
>
> * The remote weather sensors (the outside unit) requires an AA
> battery, for a backup when the sun's not shining. I want to mount this
> unit on a mast at the peak of my roof (where the center-point feed of my
> 40/20/10 fan dipole also mounts), but am not looking forward to an
> annual trip to the peak of my roof to replace the battery.
>
> * The wind direction sensor vane is not balanced by weight, so, if
> it's not absolutely level, it settles in the same direction when there's
> no wind. Right now, graphs seem to indicate a predominantly west wind at
> my home, when, in reality, the sensor unit is just a little out of level.
>
> Overall, though, I'm very pleased. Didn't know about Peet instruments,
> but the Ambient station was about $170, less than the Davis units. Unit
> connects to my WiFi router, and reports my station's data to WUndergroud.
>
> Let me know if anyone has any questions.
>
> -Kevin
> KC3KZ
>
> On 2/26/19 12:00 PM, towertalk-request@contesting.com wrote:
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 20:39:57 -0600
> > From: Kim Elmore<cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
> > To:towertalk@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Weather station recommendations esp wind
> > direction and speed?
> > Message-ID:<15813242-0289-8272-a93c-3a6900104d1e@sbcglobal.net>
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> >
> > I'll add that as a research meteorologist, weather instruments are sort
> > of a "thing" for me. Davis makes nice instrument sets, but sells each
> > instrument separately, which makes it all more expensive but much more
> > flexible in optimal placement. For example, most of us don't live 10 m
> > above the ground and have more interest in air temperature/dew point at
> > no more than 2 m above the ground.
> >
> > I have a friend (another ham) that uses an Ambient weather station. It
> > seems to hold up well and is accurate as any of the others for
> > temperature, dew point/RH, pressure, and wind-speed/direction.
> >
> > My Vantage Vue needed to have the anemometer element replaced after a
> > few years because the bearings wore out, nut its very easy to do.
> >
> > Some good reviews can be found athttp://weatherstationexpert.com/.
> > Similar reviews may also be found athttps://
> www.weatherstationadvisor.com/.
> >
> > Should money be no object and should you insist on research quality
> > instrumentation, we use R. M. Young? instruments for most of our field
> > projects. And you thought high-end transceivers were expensive...
> >
> > Kim N5OP
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Randy Lake N1KWF
73 Gunn Rd.
Keene,NH
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