[Elecraft] Elecraft compatible WX station

[Bill Frantz]

Many years ago I talked with the professionals on the top of Mt 
Washington, New Hampshire (record wind: 241 MPH and the 
anemometer blew away). They say the the cup type anemometer 
tends to act like a helicopter at about 100MPH and fly away.

They use pitot tubes to measure wind speed. This is the same 
device as the one used to measure airspeed on an airplane. It 
looks like a tapered tube with a hole in the end, usually 
mounted on the leading edge of the wing on a light airplane. The 
difference in pressure between the end of the tube and a 
"static" source, unaffected by the wind, gives the speed.

A weather station using a pitot tube would be a good idea for 
high wind environments.

Cheers - Bill, AE6JV

On 3/1/14 at 3:04 PM, alsopb at nc.rr.com (Brian Alsop) wrote:

>This begs the question.  The original poster said he was 
>getting ready for the hurricane season.  Given what you say, I 
>doubt the Davis anemometer cups would survive a near hurricane blow.

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