[aprssig] Clarification of APRS weather station data flow.

[Stephen H. Smith]

On 3/15/2011 1:52 PM, Eric Hansen wrote:
> I am setting up a weather station sometime this spring, and i'd like a little 
> clarification on how the data from APRS weather stations gets to the NWS. In 
> a home based situation, wouldn't it be more efficient to have the weather 
> station upload data directly to the server the NWS is pulling from? Does the 
> NWS have an APRS receiver program in any cities? Otherwise, it seems like you 
> could keep reliability high by putting all your networking equipment on a UPS 
> and submitting your data over the internet.

Normally you would both beacon on RF in APRS format, and log into the CWOP 
(Citizens Weather Observer Program) server.  This system is a work-alike 
"clone" of the APRS Internet System.  Details here:

<http://www.wxqa.com/>


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