[wxsig] Wind application

[ks4q at zingleman.com]

I work in this industry.  We see these claims all the time.  

Just use 802.11b as a benchmark....how far does that go?  I've seen industry claims of up to ...yes,
 they are smoking something...20 miles.

You might be best using something at 900 MHz that is frequency hopping instead of direct sequence
modulation.

Ernie KS4Q


----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Daum
To:  wxsig at lists.tapr.org
Sent:  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:13:26 -0500
Subject: Re: [wxsig] Wind application

On this site:

http://www.maxstream.net/products/xbee/xbee-pro-pkg-r-modem-zigbee.php

reading about this product:

XBee-PRO™ Zigbee/802.15.4 RS-232 RF Modem

They mention up to 1 mile. Now if this is a real full mile - it might work 
for the first installation I am considering. If it is up to 1 mile only in 
PERFECT circumstances..that is a different story.

Steve


From: "ks4q at zingleman.com" <ks4q at zingleman.com>
Reply-To: TAPR Weather Station SIG Mailing List <wxsig at lists.tapr.org>
To: <wxsig at lists.tapr.org>
Subject: Re: [wxsig] Wind application
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:45:20 -0500

I believe that zigbee is for short range applications.....like up to 100 
feet or something like
that.

Ernie KS4Q


----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Daum
To:  wxsig at lists.tapr.org
Sent:  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:37:13 -0500
Subject: [wxsig] Wind application

I have been reading TAPR postings for a few months. Thanks for all the
information you post. I have a question...

I want to put a wind speed/direction sensor on a remote mountain top. I'd
like for the data to arrive on a web server. I don't want a full PC near the
sensing equipment. There is no cellular service and no land-line phone
service - and no power.

I have read about these Zigbee RF modems. Have you ever heard of an
application
using the one-wire sensors, solar power, local battery, and these RF modems
to get data to some base station?

Any insight appreciated.

Steve Daum
Dayton, Ohio



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