The device is intriguing. I have a Blitzortung receiver. It sends data to a server and the server side triangulates a stroke position. Just in case you are interested, on Firenet you can get lightning information. Add KJ4ERJ-LS to your filter.
Best regards, Fred N7FMH -----Original Message----- From: Xastir [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason KG4WSV Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2019 12:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Xastir] Is lightning detector useful for APRS? So I’ve got one of these: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/15276 It detects lightning and gives you a distance to “the head of the storm” (per datasheet). There’s no bearing info, just a distance. I plan to integrate this by creating a circle object to plot on my xastir map, and maybe a zero hop message. I hope this will be useful as part of a ground station for some outdoor events to clue us in on when to take appropriate precautions. Without bearing data is there any way to make this generally useful to the point it’s something I would want to transmit? I’m thinking not (unless I build a network of them and set a short range filter to create lightning strike objects with appropriate uncertainty). Any thoughts on how to use this thing? -Jason _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
