Re: [TowerTalk] Tower mounted capture device

[bill steffey ny9h <ny9h@comcast.net>]

the Tempest installed here will eventually trip the "lower the tower" 
circuit for both lightning and windspeed.
Mine is mounted at the second topmost section...    40-50 feet up .     
An old anemometer is mounted at the top and works with a Heliotrack 
programmable wind alarm switch.    The Tempest lightning sensor is very 
widely adjustable.
Tempest will talk to any smart device.... which will throw your switches.

bill

On 1/31/2023 3:28 PM, Jim Miller wrote:
> Google weather flow tempest.
>
> Wireless. Solar powered. No moving parts.
>
> Jim ab3cv
>
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 3:04 PM Richard Karlquist <richard@karlquist.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The only sensor you need up on the tower is an anemometer. since wind
> > speed varies with HAAT.  Get a wired (not wireless) one to avoid having
> > batteries at the unit.  Leave the WX station on the ground for the other
> > readings, including ground wind speed.   You would want that in addition
> > to wind speed at the top of the tower.
> >
> > Hazers are very fussy things that you should avoid if at all possible.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Rick Karlquist
> > N6RK
> >
> > On 2023-01-31 08:21, Rick Harrington N0VT wrote:
> >
> > > I would like to have the sensing unit of my home weather station near
> > the top of my tower (80').  But instead of a fixed installation, I'd like
> > to be able to raise/lower it via rope & pulley for battery changes,
> > cleaning etc.  There would have to be a way at the top of the tower to dock
> > it into the same north/south orientation each time.  (I'm thinking of some
> > sort of small hazer-like contraption.)
> > > Has anyone ever done this, or seen info on doing it?
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > Rick N0VT
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