Re: [AFMUG] Just in time

2017-07-18 Thread Jay Weekley
I figured you would have zip lined down a guy wire. Jaime Solorza wrote: Was on tower when I spotted this heading our way...off I go...put tools away quickly and loaded gear in truck...10 minutes later it hit with lightning , wind and rain... Jaime Solorza

Re: [AFMUG] Just in time

2017-07-18 Thread Jaime Solorza
he colored areas on the map. It had snow and Ice > too. Pink and Blue as I recall. Stay out of color is the goal. > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 18, 2017 6:47 PM > *To:* af > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Just in time > > Among the thi

Re: [AFMUG] Just in time

2017-07-18 Thread Chuck McCown
To: af Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Just in time Among the things which have reached proof of concept stage but I haven't developed further is a lightning detector which uses a commodity distance-to-strike IC to provide lighting data via SNMP and Web. I glanced at my list and it's in the pile of stuff

Re: [AFMUG] Just in time

2017-07-18 Thread Chuck McCown
load while the antenna is disconnected. Pretty awesome. Saw it in action once. From: Forrest Christian (List Account) Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2017 6:47 PM To: af Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Just in time Among the things which have reached proof of concept stage but I haven't developed further

Re: [AFMUG] Just in time

2017-07-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Among the things which have reached proof of concept stage but I haven't developed further is a lightning detector which uses a commodity distance-to-strike IC to provide lighting data via SNMP and Web. I glanced at my list and it's in the pile of stuff to do after the next generation of base

Re: [AFMUG] Just in time

2017-07-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
You need one of these: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps=lightning+detector On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 6:21 PM, Jaime Solorza wrote: > Was on tower when I spotted this heading our way...off I go...put tools > away quickly and loaded gear

Re: [AFMUG] Just in time

2017-07-18 Thread David Milholen
Here is what ya need https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/runtimeprojects/a-lightning-detector-for-arduino-9f679c I have a few of these guys in play doing my tower light monitoring and control at our sites. I got a little inquisitive about how to detect lightning before it hits and with