[Skywarn] Weather Station question

[Jim KE5URF]

Lloyd,


Thanks. I've gotten several great responses.




73


Jim Beach
Saint Francis Tulsa Tough
Operations Director
Gran Fondo Maker
918.639.0362

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On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Lloyd Colston <kc5fm at aol.com> wrote:

> Lets ask the experts on the Skywarn list, Jim and encourage them to reach
> out to you at ke5urf at jimbeach.me
> 73
> Lloyd
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>    <ke5urf at jimbeach.me?subject=Re%3A%20Weather%20station%20questions>
>  Santa brought me a Davis VantageVue weather station and I'm looking into
> how to post my data online.
> Not sure how many of you have weather stations or if this is a good place
> to ask, so let me know if there are better places to discuss. If anyone
> responds, we can go off list if broader interest is limited.
> Davis has an add-on for my station console that hooks directly to my
> broadband router and uses WeatherLink software and website. There's another
> that has a TNC and transmits my data through the APRS system. There's yet
> another that hooks to my computer but only downloads data to the computer
> and I would have to manually upload to the website. I think I prefer the
> direct to internet solution so I can set it and forget it and display my
> station data on my own website. Thoughts, or other options you've
> experienced?
> I'm trying to figure out if the same device will transmit my data to
> Weather Underground or anywhere else. Weather Underground appears to have
> more stations reporting locally than WeatherLink. WeatherLink will
> automatically upload to CWOP and seems to be more connected to important
> national weather resources like NOAA and NWS. Which community-based weather
> websites do you consider most reliable or does it matter?
> Jim Beach
> Saint Francis Tulsa Tough
> Operations Director
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