[OZAPRS] Suggestion weather station
Ray Wells
vk2tv at exemail.com.au
Wed Feb 9 15:08:52 EST 2011
Spiders appear to be just one problem with the rain gauge in these
units; wind causing false tipping and mechanical problems are other
identified issues. Most seem to be fixable - but why should you have to?
The links below lead to user
comments/observations/fixes/modifications/software - a general mish-mash
of information on these weather stations that originate from Fine Offset
Electronics in China, http://foshk.en.alibaba.com/
http://www.lemis.com/grog/programs/WH1080.php
http://sandaysoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2884
<http://sandaysoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2884>
http://sandaysoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2774
<http://sandaysoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2774>
http://www.digitalham.co.uk/equipment/Watson_W8681.php
http://wiki.meteohub.de/Introduction
http://sm0fob.blogspot.com/2009_02_11_archive.html
Ray vk2tv
On 07/02/11 19:50, Michael Wain wrote:
> I have been running the Electus XC0348 ( the same as the Altronics
> X7062) , and yes the rain buckets stop to work 6 months after
> installing, pulled apart the bucket unit and found a spider had set up
> home inside, and the buckets inside where covered in cob webs, clean
> the cob webs out, evicted the spider, spay surface spider spay inside
> the unit, and never looked at it again, to this day it still working
> and that was 18 months ago.
>
> http://www1.electusdistribution.com.au/productView.asp?ID=11333&CATID=Search%20all%20Categories&keywords=weather+station&SPECIAL=&form=KEYWORD&SUBCATIDI
> use Cumulus software with this weather station, and Ui-view32
> connected toa tnc. works well, vk3hau-10 .Yours sincerely Michael Wain
> - VK3HAU EGARC Inc. Publicity Officer.Ph : 613 - 51411650-----
> Original Message -----From: "Peter Bye" <vk2mpj at internode.on.net>To:
> <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 6:36 PMSubject:
> Re: [OZAPRS] Suggestion weather station>I personally use one of these
> units, and Cumulus software. It works withAPRS, WXUnderground,
> Twitter, PWS and FTP.>> I am having issues with the rain bucket at the
> moment. Need to pull itdown and see if I can get it working again.>>
> de> VK2MPJ>> On 7/02/2011 07:39, vk5ex.andrew at gmail wrote:>>>> Can
> you use this wx station for aprs use easily? Is it compatible withany
> aprs software ?>>>> Regards .. Andrew .. VK5EX>>>>>> ----- Original
> Message ----- From: "Vasily Matveev" <ra1amw at mail.ru>>> To:
> "Australian APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>>> Sent: Monday, February
> 07, 2011 6:42 AM>> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Suggestion weather
> station>>>>>>> Can't comment working the rain gauge for now due to
> minus temp. outside.>>> The other parameters shows pretty good.>>>
> Anyway this WX station is good in the ratio price and quality.>>>>>>
> Vasily RA1AMW>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mon, 07 Feb 2011 06:29:14 +1100 письмо от
> Ray Wells<vk2tv at exemail.com.au>:>>>>>>> Those units come out of China
> (what doesn't!) under a variety ofbrands.>>>> I was very interested,
> especially at my buying price, but lost interest>>>> due to the high
> number of complaints on various forums about the rain>>>> gauge
> mechanics and accuracy. I'd certainly never on-sell one; a return>>>>
> would be almost guaranteed.>>>>>>>> Ray vk2tv>>>>>>>>>>>> On 07/02/11
> 04:12, Vasily Matveev wrote:>>>> > Hi!>>>> >>>>> > Very good WX
> station and easy to run for APRS.:>>>> >>>>> >
> http://www.altronics.com.au/index.asp?area=item&id=X7062>>>> >>>>> >
> 73 Vasily RA1AMW>>>> > St.Petersburg>>>> > RUSSIA>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >
> Sun, 6 Feb 2011 22:30:26 +1000 письмо от Andrew>>>>
> Rich<vk4tec at tech-software.net>:>>>> >>>>> >> Home use and aprs>>>>
> >>>>>> >> Sent from my iPhone>>>> >> Andrew Rich>>>> >>>>>> >> On
> 06/02/2011, at 22:26, "Gordon>>>> Taylor"<gordon.t at internode.on.net>
> >> wrote:>>>> >>>>>> >>> Andrew,>>>> >>> Do you just want it for
> APRS data or for home use as well.>>>> >>>>>>> >>> I have a Davis
> Vantage Pro 2 and use Weather Display software.>>>> >>>>>>> >>> Most
> software packages have provision for an APRS text file to>>>>
> upload>>>> >>> weather data to say UI-View.>>>> >>>>>>> >>>
> Regards,>>>> >>> Gordo VK4VP>>>> >>>>>>> >>> -----Original
> Message----->>>> >>> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au>>>>
> [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] >>> On>>>> >>> Behalf Of Andrew
> Rich>>>> >>> Sent: Sunday, 6 February 2011 22:11>>>> >>> To:
> Australian APRS Users>>>> >>> Subject: [OZAPRS] Suggestion weather
> station>>>> >>>>>>> >>> Anyone suggest a weather station for use with
> aprs ?>>>> >>>>>>> >>> Sent from my iPhone>>>> >>> Andrew Rich>>>> >>>
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