[OZAPRS] weather stations

[Chris Hill]

Hi All,

I'm interested in getting a weather station capability for my APRS setup,
and so are at least two other stations here in VK6...  we just need to
find
the best value for money product.

A quick search has found these possibilities:

1.  The WMR-928N

$725 from DSE 
http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/en/product/Y5195

$799 from Weather Down Under
http://www.weatherdownunder.net.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=
46
_33&products_id=215



2.  The LaCrosse WS-2300 or WS-2308

$439 from Weather Down Under
http://www.weatherdownunder.net.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=
46
_32&products_id=292



(BTW, it appears that the remote sensors use 433MHz to transfer data to
the
central unit).



Does anyone have any better suggestions?  Even $439 seems like a lot of
money to pay for this functionality...  has anyone had any success at
grabbing the necessary data from the cheaper (eg $160) units that don't
have
inbuilt RS-232?



Any suggestions gratefully received!


73 


Chris
vk6kch




-----Original Message-----
From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
Behalf Of Richard Hoskin
Sent: Saturday, 1 October 2005 8:29 PM
To: 'John Elliott'; 'VK / ZL APRS Users'
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] weather stations


Hi John,

The most popular and probably cheapest weather station to use is the
WMR-918/928/968 series from Oregon Scientific. If you want a more robust
system then go for a DAVIS but be prepared to pay well over a $1000 for
it.
(DSE have the WMR928N for $725 cat# Y5195)

Software that supports both APRS (UI-View) and the Oregon Scientific Wx
stations can be downloaded from http://www.freewx.net/

The wx station connects to the PC using an RS232 port and you will need to
run the PC 24*7. The PC dose all the wx data logging etc. and APRS
interfacing. If you have a web page FreeWX can auto update it with the
latest wx from your wx station too.

Cheers
Richard
VK3JFK



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