[wxsig] RE: t238 (no +)

[lothar.harris at sbcglobal.net]

In your ranking I would put the Oregon WMR-968 in there somewhere. It is 
inexpensive, seems to be reliable and with Virtual Weather software seems to 
be very accurate (can be fully calibrated in software).  I bought mine from 
COSTCO for $200 after deciding that I could buy three of them for what one 
Davis Vantage Pro costs. Besides, DAVIS and the DAVIS  "data logger" 
attachment makes for a truly proprietary setup with more than one point of 
failure. And you are correct to point out that they all wear out so why not 
buy one that you can replace at less than a third of the cost??

You can see my weather data on 
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxpage.cgi?call=ke5jxs (I need to change my 
call sign) and my next project is to relocate the temp/hyg sensor to reduce 
the solar radiation variances. An UPS for the data interface and laptop may 
also be in the works since power outages during storms kind of defeats the 
whole concept of real time reporting. And oh yes - a web page - you got to 
have a web page!!  This "hobby" can get expensive quickly!!

So if you "throw in your two cents worth" but I only offered "a penny for 
your thoughts" - who gets the change???

73, Lothar K5LEH


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Bennett" <jabennett at insightbb.com>
To: "TAPR Weather Station SIG Mailing List" <wxsig at lists.tapr.org>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 8:23 PM
Subject: RE: [wxsig] RE: t238 (no +)


> I'll throw in my 2-cents worth. ...The cheap weather
> stations come and go. I've had a bunch of them over the last 15 years.
> What you want is (1) reliability, (2) availability, and (3) the ability
> to either fix the unit yourself and/or get replacement parts. *All* of
> them wear out. Doesn't matter which weather station you get. Right now
> if I were to buy a station the choices would be the TAPR/AAG combo, Peet
> Ultimeter 2000 or the Davis Vantage Pro. The order is by cost. >
> 73, John