[TowerTalk] Weather station recommendations esp wind direction and speed?

[Kim Elmore]

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 at http://weatherstationexpert.com/. 
Similar reviews may also be found at https://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


On 2/25/2019 6:54 PM, Kim Elmore wrote:
> Davis makes good instruments. I have a Davis Vantage Vue: wireless spread spectrum. Needs battery replaced every year or so, but otherwise pretty tough.
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> Kim N5OP
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>> On Feb 25, 2019, at 18:17, Jim Miller <jim at jtmiller.com> wrote:
>>
>> At my new QTH in Mt Airy MD I've become much more interested in wind speed
>> and direction.
>>
>> It really howls here in general and I'm in the open on a hilltop so it's
>> worse here than generally reported.
>>
>> I'd like to get something I could put out to get a better indication of
>> what is really happening right at my antennas.
>>
>> Suggestions welcomed.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> jim ab3cv
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Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP 
SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)

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practice, there is." //– Attributed to many people; it’s so true that it 
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