[TowerTalk] Weather station on tower

[Bill Parry]

Steve,

I have a LaCrosse wireless weather station and the gizmo that measures the
wind is mounted at about 40 feet up on the tower, I have no interference of
any kind.  I use an Alpha 87A and the tower has a C3E tribander, shorty
forty at 135 feet, an inverted vee at 100 feet and an 80 meter sloper. As of
about 6 months ago the weather station quit working...not sure why but
pretty sure it had nothing to do with the power or antennas.

Good luck

Bill W5VX

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve
K7AWB
Sent: Friday, February 9, 2018 7:34 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Weather station on tower

In finishing my rohn 45 tower with buried feedlines, control cables, etc.
and a couple of hf  antennas  into a Ratpack switch, I might add a weather
station to let me know direction and magnitude of wind there, etc.  

For any of you who use a radio tower for the side mounting of an outdoor Wx
station, do you:

Have any interference to the ham station from the Wx station?

Likewise, any interference from the station amplifiers to the Wx station?  I
use an alpha 9500 amp into a 6-el 20 meter  yagi at the top at 90 feet. 

Lightning damage to station sensors that seem to mounted in plastic molded
enclosures?

The Wx stations I am looking at are in the $$ range of 150 to 250. 

Steve k7awb
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