[OZAPRS] Accuracy of data on APRS

Ben Lindner vk5jfk at activ8.net.au
Sun Jun 10 07:34:00 EST 2007


A lot of it comes down to cheap weather stations in the first place, and 
not putting any thought into the setup. Save  some  money and buy the 
best you can  afford. eg Davis Wx stations are very good and worth the 
money spent.

They will do APRS WX as well.

Ben Lindner
VK5JFK



Dion Bramich wrote:
> I've often asked the same question.  There are people that want to give

> weather stations some sort of priority on the channel, but when they are

> inaccurate like this theyre just a waste of bandwidth.  Atleast vehicle

> trackers are accurate and are somewhat fun to watch..
>
> Dion.
>
> On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:10:37 +1000, Andrew Rich <vk4tec at people.net.au>  
> wrote:
>
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>> You have to wonder.
>>
>> I am seeing some weather stations around my area.
>>
>> One says 100 % humidty and -17 deg celcius.
>>
>> Another says 12.2 deg celcius, and another a few miles away says 19 deg
>> celcius.
>>
>> What is the point of having them if they are reporting rubbish ?
>>
>> Andrew VK4TEC
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