[TowerTalk] Home Weather Station

[Don W7WLL]

There are definite differences in between the various more well known wx 
station manufacturers and even more between the sensors they supply. It 
really all depends on what the buyer is looking for in detail, reliability 
and scope or bredth of the data and type of sensors desired. The Peet 
anemometer for example from looking at the specs when I bought seemed better 
suitied for capturing instantaneous wind gusts and wind direction shifts 
data.

I queried Peet about why they had not developed and marketing a wireless 
instrument and their response was that they felt that there simply had not 
been enough significant demand. I did learn that they had designed and made 
a prototype which is on place on their building, but they had, for the 
moment, decided to stay with wired sensors.

I mentioned Davis and to Peet's credit they had some good words about them 
and noted one of their patents which is still valid. They also noted some 
cons (in general) relative to current wx station manufacturers wireless 
transmission and capture of data sets I recollect, and specifically about 
the anemometer data sets collected.

Sorta like antennas, towers and cars. We have choices and that's good.

Don W7WLL

-----Original Message----- 
From: Chris
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2017 11:10 AM
Cc: towertalk at contesting.com reflector
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Home Weather Station

When considering WX stations, some of you guys may find this irritating like 
I did... but be aware that some WX stations only report the wind speed to 
your console like once a minute, or once every 15 seconds or something like 
that.  To me this is completely worthless data.  I believe the Davis Vantage 
stuff is good, like once a second.  FYI.

Chris
KF7P




On Jun 15, 2017, at 11:32 AM, Don W7WLL wrote:

> Interesting thread.
>
> Here we use the Peet 2000. The output data from the sensors is also sent 
> by packet to a site north of us where it is, with other Peet stations 
> hosted by hams, integrated into the OCRG 24/7wx reporting site at 
> http://www.ocrg.org/telemetry_feed/ocrgwx.html. Updates about every 5 
> minutes. All of this data is also sent to the MesoWest network for use by 
> NWS. You can see my data at 
> http://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=AS531. I'm 
> surprised that in some of the more severe wx prone areas there are not ham 
> wx nets sites similar to the OCRG one where one can see all but 
> instantaneous local wx data.
>
> I live on a hill 75 feet above the ocean (back about 1000 feet) and 
> originally had the Peet Pro rain gauge but had nothing but corrosion 
> problems with the pc board mounted in the bowl of the Pro rain gauge unit. 
> Finally moved to using a simple tipping bucket. Otherwise the Peet unit 
> has worked well for us since installation in 2003. The single drawback is 
> that it is wired which is a pain in the butt to deal with. I also use the 
> Peet solar shield and have to disassemble and clean it yearly because of 
> the Orygun green slime that builds up on it. In our case sensors are 
> mounted at around 30 feet. Did have an RF problem with the humidity 
> reading when running QRO but use of a choke in the line solved the issue 
> (tnx for the info K9YC).
>
> If I have to replace this systemit will be with a wireless unit, probably 
> Davis if Peet has not, by then, come out with a wireless system (it 
> certainly isn't a rocket science project). Guess I'll have to send an 
> email asking why they are behind the curve. Neighbor bought an Oregon 
> Scientific wireless unit and the salt air had corroded everything external 
> within a year making it useless junk (just an observation).
>
> Been interesting to read the comments from so many of what is being used 
> and experiences.
>
> Don W7WLL
> SKYWARN LC-3H
>
> -----Original Message----- From: GALE STEWARD via TowerTalk
> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 7:14 AM
> To: Towertalk Reflector
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Home Weather Station
>
> I'm considering a home weather station for in the radio room. This thread 
> has been discussed before (?) but I wasn't interested at that time.
> Obviously this unit would need to work in an environment of a legal limit 
> station.
> I am thinking that I would prefer a wireless system but I could do wired 
> if necessary.
> All info appreciated.
> 73, Stew K3ND
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