[Skywarn] Need Ideas for Mounting Weather Station

[Bradly L. McGarr]

I'm trying to figure out the best way to mount my weather station
since moving into a new apartment, and I figure this group of people
would be a good resource just for that. 

It's not a high end weather
station, and it has brackets to mount to a pole. We have a third-floor
apartment with a balcony that has no overhead obstructions. The
challenge is, I can't mount anything to the physical structure. I could
potentially do a segment of metal fence pole or something similar, held
in a bucket of dirt or hardened cement, but I'm concerned about
creating, more or less, lightning rod on the balcony with no reasonable
way to ground it. 

Anyone have any experience using PVC or hard plastic
piping in a weather station setup, or, experience with a portable or
non-permanent setup? 

-- 
BRADLY L. MCGARR
 


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