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Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
My home weather station arrived today. I was surprised at how light it was, and tiny it was. Here's a picture: The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
I dug a hole for the post last weekend: The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
I used 100 pounds of cement to sink a 1 inch diameter galvanized pipe, 6 feet in length, burying it 3 feet. Atop that, I connected two 3/4 inch pipes, both 6 feet. The total finished height of the station is about 16 feet. The U.S. Nat'l Weather Service recommends 33 feet officially, but I'm not that serious. ;~) The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Here's a picture of the station. It's actually several feet away from those power lines. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
And a couple closer views: The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Good luck Gordon Lowe, nice pics. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
I used a compass to orient it in the right direction. For maintenance, I'll just unscrew this fitting: The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
It has a Ethernet connection to my internet router, and will publish stats to Weather Underground, but it's in "learning" mode right now, so it may be a couple days before I can see real time of it on the web. Just fun. :~) The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Another Aerographer's Mate is born! Good Luck... |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
It has a Ethernet connection to my internet router, and will publish stats to Weather Underground, but it's in "learning" mode right now, so it may be a couple days before I can see real time of it on the web. I'd have tried to use a wireless connection to the router, since that pole is metal and lightning likes poles, all it needs is the right amount of charge and, I hope you have some sort of heavy duty surge suppressor on that ethernet line to your router, since that link exposes all your PCs to any lightning strike or at the very least, your router. Good luck Gordon. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
It has a Ethernet connection to my internet router, and will publish stats to Weather Underground, but it's in "learning" mode right now, so it may be a couple days before I can see real time of it on the web. Well, the signal from the station on the pole out in the yard is wireless. I should have clarified what I meant: The receiving base for the station is connected via Ethernet to my router. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
It has a Ethernet connection to my internet router, and will publish stats to Weather Underground, but it's in "learning" mode right now, so it may be a couple days before I can see real time of it on the web. That's much better Gordon. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2473 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
Gordon -- A question, and a comment: 1) How do you gather precipitation amounts? 2) Although I'm not a HAM radio operator, have DX'd a number of years. Past issues of QST magazine showed a gap-type connection, to earth ground, which should minimize lightening effects (plus, you'd want to install other power/signal line filters, as well). Good luck; it looks good. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
1) How do you gather precipitation amounts? The fatter portion of the station has a bowl for collecting rain. Reading 1.66 inches, overnight, currently. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2473 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
ok. But, how does it get emptied, in between measurements? What sort of release mechanism is there? |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2473 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
Thank you, Chris. The primitive weather station my folks had, 20yrs, ago, required manual emptying. I figured an improvement, here, had to have been made. I stand updated. :o) |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Thank you, Chris. The primitive weather station my folks had, Well, I remember my old 1970's plastic rain gauge very well. It was pretty nice and sturdy, actually, but eventually became hard to read from being baked in the sun and stained with algae. My first anemometer was cool, but rusted out eventually. I still have a great aneroid barometer, and hygrometer, that is also from the 70's. I'm a little dubious of the electronic barometer technology of my new unit. The outdoor unit is communicating with an indoor display, but I'm having trouble getting the system to register itself online. It has an "internet bridge" plugged directly into my router, and I've typed the MAC address a million times, but so far no luck. :~( Customer service is not staffed on the weekends, so I'll just have to wait 'til Monday. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Thank you, Chris. The primitive weather station my folks had, Did you open the ports in the router's firewall? |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Thank you, Chris. The primitive weather station my folks had, I checked to make sure MAC filtering is not enabled. I'll look at the firewall. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Very nice-looking setup, Chris. I just felt better about sinking mine in the ground rather than mounting on my house, and I don't have a nice shed like that. Do you ever have need to clean out the rain gauge? The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
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