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GlynH

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Off Topic: Weather Stations?
« on: July 23, 2008, 01:42:31 PM »
Hi there,

Not directly connected to radarBox but I am guessing that some of you guys will be using a Weather Station of some sort?

Does anyone have any experience of either the Watson W-8681 or MyDel WX2008 Weather Stations?

Any other hardware on the market that I should be looking at (tarbat)?

Recommendations/experiences (good & bad) gratefully received.

Thanks & regards,
-=Glyn=-





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Re: Off Topic: Weather Stations?
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2008, 01:53:42 PM »
I use a TFA Nexus and I'm very happy with it.  All the sensors are separate so you can locate them in the best spot, and they're all wireless.  I bought mine from http://www.meteorologica.co.uk/

It can connect to your PC over USB, although I just connect mine up once a week to capture the weather logs.

Any questions, just ask.

Some pictures/screen-shots on my blog:
http://tarbatness.blogspot.com/2008/03/weather-station.html
http://tarbatness.blogspot.com/2008/05/april-2008-climate-statistics.html

GlynH

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Re: Off Topic: Weather Stations?
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2008, 07:18:46 AM »
Thanks for the reply Chris,

The TFA Nexus software screenshot looks good being clear & uncluttered.

Have been looking around and there seems to be a lot of 'rubbish' out there.

The Davis weather stations look good but they are not exactly cheap.

Like the idea of solar powered sensors though...:-)

I won't punt for one today as I am going to do a bit of research first.

Going to pick up a couple of RB's later today along with the UBox hopefully.

Kind regards,
-=Glyn=-

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Re: Off Topic: Weather Stations?
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2008, 02:17:30 PM »
I have a wireless fan-aspirated Davis Pro 2 set up here in France, also a Boltek lightning detector system.  Meteorology and aviation keep me occupied for hours, much to Mrs. DC's dismay...

DC
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GlynH

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Re: Off Topic: Weather Stations?
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2008, 11:14:10 PM »
Meteorology and aviation keep me occupied for hours, much to Mrs. DC's dismay...

DC

At least she knows where you are! ;^)

Kind regards,
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Re: Off Topic: Weather Stations?
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2008, 07:11:01 AM »
Ah, but she has no idea where my mind may be...
(Come to think of it, nor have I.  Must have lost it...)

DC
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