[OZAPRS] weather stations

Peter Mudie peter at mudiefamily.org
Wed Oct 5 17:23:49 EST 2005


Hi Norm,

Have a look now:-)

Peter.


At 17:11 5/10/2005 +1000, Norm, VK2XCI wrote:


>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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