[OZAPRS] weather stations

Norm, VK2XCI vk2xci at aanet.com.au
Wed Oct 5 17:11:13 EST 2005



Peter Mudie wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> I use a Lacrosse WS2310, and Weather-display software.
www.mudiefamily.org 
> have a look at the website, it has a small table for PDAs, 1 minutely 
> weather, and a live flash applet that is about 10-20 seconds behind real

> time updating every 10 seconds.

A suggestion if I may Peter.
It would be handy to have the location at the top of the table on 
http://www.mudiefamily.org/weather/wx2.html

> 
> The WS23** weather stations are a budget model, and have poor comms 
> interfaces as they are designed for battery low power operation.  I
bought 
> it from weather down under using their website they were good to deal
with.
> 
> I beefed mine up before installing it, by taking the 3V signalling it
uses, 
> and converting it to RS232 levels, and protecting the cable runs with 
> resistor/ zener diode networks.
> 
> I still get occasional comms errors on the link between the indoor unit
and 
> the outdoor unit.  I don't use wireless mode as its update speed is too 
> slow and it gets blocked by on site 70cm repeaters.
> 
> I can tell you more about how the system is set up off the list if you
are 
> interested.
> 
> Peter.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 21:56 4/10/2005 +0800, Chris Hill wrote:
> 
> 
>>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&cPat
h=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&cPat
h=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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Norm, VK2XCI,
Mildura, The Wintersun City
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