* On 2021 11 Jan 16:09 -0600, Tom Keffer wrote: > If you're concerned about the distance to the airport, you can take your > console to the airport --- it's battery powered.
Well, that seems like a novel idea! :-) Wouldn't doing so take a few hours? The Davis literature appears to suggest so. > In addition to my Vantage, I have a precision barometer that I use for > sailing (±0.25 hPa precision). I've calibrated it against the Portland > airport, which is very close to sea level, then brought it home, and > calibrated my Davis consoles. My guess is that's not cheap. Funny how these rabbit holes seem to swallow excess cash! > The onboard barometer of an iPhone is also surprisingly accurate. Use > the Starpath > app <https://www.starpath.com/marinebarometer/about.htm> to calibrate it > near an airport, then bring it home. No iPhone, but I have a couple of Android 10 phones. > There are lots of approaches. Best to do all of the above, then > triangulate the results. Interesting thoughts, Tom. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us Projects: https://github.com/N0NB GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/20210111232906.mfy6y5h2jbwhtfsi%40n0nb.us.
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