[TowerTalk] Tower mounted capture device

[bill steffey ny9h]

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 at 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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