I should have added that the weather data transmitted into the APRS system can be viewed over the internet by anyone. You don't need a ham license to view the weather station, only to transmit the data. Jerry J&J
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 22, 2017, at 9:24 AM, Jerome Tauber via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > An alternate method of setting up a club weather station is through the > amateur radio APRS system. You will need someone with a ham license > (technician) is good enough and easy to obtain if one is needed. You don't > need internet as the data is transmitted via amateur radio APRS HF > frequencies. You do need to be in range of a digipeter. A number of my > friends have set these up. There are numerous articles on setting up APRS > weather station which you can google but I have included a few below. Jerry > Connecting a Davis weather station directly to a Ham Radio for the purpose of > transmitting weather data over the APRS network. Version: A > Amateur Radio - Automatic Weather Stations (APRS) - WX4NHC, the > Florida International University › w4ehw › ... > AMATEUR RADIO - AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS (APRS). Volunteers at WX4NHC, the > amateur radio station at the National Hurricane ... > Adding an Inexpensive Weather Station to your Shack | Ham Radio Science > Ham Radio Science › adding-an-inexpen... > Feb 16, 2012 - Add an inexpensive computer based weather station to your ... > via APRS or your neighbors using such services as Weather ... > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 21, 2017, at 10:23 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Don, >> >> I have no clue. It can't be much. Just a few numbers every so often. I >> read through the manual and the specs on the stations product page and did >> not see anything on data usage. >> >> http://site.ambientweatherstore.com/Manuals/ws1001wifi.pdf >> >> You may be able to slow the refresh rate to reduce data usage. I can ask >> one of our WiFi gurus tomorrow. >> >> You can also email the manufacturer. >> >> At the very least, you can use it locally with the console. The console and >> sensor communicate via RF, not WiFi. >> >> Dennis >> >>> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 8:46 PM, Don Harben via CnC-List >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Dennis, >>> >>> We are quite interested in exploring station at www.ncyc.ca. The regular >>> weather stations and private Weather Underground stations are physically >>> far away. The North Channel NOAA style Environment Canada Weather Buoy is >>> our current go to for current weather. >>> >>> Our club is remote enough that neither cable, fibre nor digital phone >>> internet are available. We do have a cell internet hub with 50G a month >>> under a special remote and rural internet access program. >>> >>> We are curious how much data is used in a day/week/month connecting the >>> weather information to Weather Underground? >>> >>> Don >>> >>> Don Harben >>> Viking 34 >>> Life >>> www.ncyc.ca >>> >>> >>>> On Mar 21, 2017, at 7:48 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I got a crazy bug a few months ago to install a weather station at my >>>> yacht club, Pontchartrain Yacht Club on the north shore of Lake >>>> Pontchartrain at Mandeville, LA. There were no wind stations anywhere >>>> close to my club. There are some wind data/forecasts available through >>>> premium wind services or personal weather stations further inland. >>>> >>>> I'm sure some of you might have already done this but for those who >>>> haven't it's really easy to install a weather station, hook it to your >>>> club's WiFi and then link it to Weather Underground's wundermap.com. Once >>>> you go live on wundermap, WU also provides a webpage where you select your >>>> weather station and it builds the HTML code that you can copy and paste >>>> into your club's website. Real time wind data will be available on the >>>> website. >>>> >>>> I tagged a few of the club racers for some $$$ and bought this station: >>>> >>>> http://www.ambientweather.com/amws1000wifi.html >>>> >>>> This weekend we installed it on the club flagpole which stands fairly >>>> unobstructed in front of our club on the lakefront. Pics of me and a >>>> fellow member working on the install are here: >>>> https://www.facebook.com/PontYC/ (I'm the idiot without the hat!) >>>> >>>> The station communicates via RF to a console which we installed in our bar >>>> and connected to the club WiFi. The race committee can easily look at it >>>> for skippers meetings. Connecting it to the club WiFi and to >>>> wundermap.com was easy and straightforward. >>>> >>>> To see our station go here: >>>> >>>> https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KLAMANDE128#history >>>> >>>> Scroll down to the neat graphs! >>>> >>>> Dennis C. >>>> Touche' 35-1 #83 >>>> Mandeville, LA >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. 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