Two things to consider... usb has a limited range, past a certain distance you
need repeaters. I use a wired Davis station here and have no problem with rf,
though I did put ferrites on the power cord and the usb cable to control box
that is right next to the computer anyway. The other is that if you are
reporting to noaa (I don't know if wu goes to them or not, I report via aprs to
cwop which does go to noaa after filtering) they want anemometers at certain
heights so they get consistent readings across an area.
David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
web: http://wiki.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://k1ttt.net
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
ag6v@whidbey.com
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 21:49
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] weather station on tower?
Hi All -- I'm thinking of putting up a weather station at my QTH, and
connecting it with WUnderground.com (as in "W"eather Underground).
I want to know wind speed and direction at or near my tower and _ON_ the tower
will give the most accurate data, it seems.
Questions:
* anyone notice interaction/RFI issues of a USB-connected weather station on a
tower or close to it?
* what experiences do you all have?
* the WUnderground.com site has a number of suggested weather station packages
-- any others you like?
73,
----
Donna Hinshaw
AG6V
ARRL Life Member
SKCC 6933T
CWOPS 911
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