I've been lurking in this group for a good few years now but haven't made
many posts. I'm after a bit of advice.

I'd like to buy a weather station that measures temp, humidity, pressure
wind and rain and that will connect to my PC.

I reckon the La Crosse WS2300 or WS2500 are good options. The question is
why is there £150 difference between them? On paper they look pretty
similar except that the tolerances aren't specified for the WS2300. Is it
much less accurate? Are there any other makes/models that might be better
in the £200-£400 price range?

Any thoughts welcome.

Cheers
David

I had a good look at both. Eventually buying the WS2300. One major
difference is the wind gauge. The WS2500 looks to have a much more sturdy
and reliable gauge. I'm disappointed with the readings from the WS2300. I
haven't got a great location - mounted about 4 ft above my garden shed roof
but sheltered by the house - but the maximum reading I've seen in the 3
months I've had it is 17mph. I just don't think the tiny propellor thingy
(technical term) can spin fast enough. The WS2500 unit looks larger in real
life and I'd guess would probably be more accurate.

Apart from that I'm really pleased with the WS2300, it does everything I
wanted and is great VFM. I took the opportunity to visit the Weather Shop
in Eastbourne to buy so I could compare units. Not too far from Surrey but
obviously might not be an option if you live further north.

HTH

Terry



"David Parker" wrote in message
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I've been lurking in this group for a good few years now but haven't made
many posts. I'm after a bit of advice.

I'd like to buy a weather station that measures temp, humidity, pressure
wind and rain and that will connect to my PC.

I reckon the La Crosse WS2300 or WS2500 are good options. The question is
why is there £150 difference between them? On paper they look pretty
similar except that the tolerances aren't specified for the WS2300. Is it
much less accurate? Are there any other makes/models that might be better
in the £200-£400 price range?

Any thoughts welcome.

Cheers
David

Hi David

I have a WS2300 and very happy with it, certainly worth the money. I think
compared to the £400 orgeon wx station I class the WS2300 as the cheap and
cheerful option.

Andy.

UI-View http://welcome.to/uiview
Propagation http://welcome.to/dxradio
Prop. Mon. 144.800 Mhz - Telford - IO82SQ

XBox GamerTag: AndyAndy



"David Parker" wrote in message
...
I've been lurking in this group for a good few years now but haven't made
many posts. I'm after a bit of advice.

I'd like to buy a weather station that measures temp, humidity, pressure
wind and rain and that will connect to my PC.

I reckon the La Crosse WS2300 or WS2500 are good options. The question is
why is there £150 difference between them? On paper they look pretty
similar except that the tolerances aren't specified for the WS2300. Is it
much less accurate? Are there any other makes/models that might be better
in the £200-£400 price range?

Any thoughts welcome.

Cheers
David

I think the main advantages of the 2500 are the greater wireless range and
the lux reading jobby.
I have now had the 2300 for 2 weeks and am very happy with it now that I
have relocated the console for perfect reception. Just started messing with
the web-publishing, check out www.ploppy.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/wx.htm if you
are feeling bored.

Like Terry my wind guage doesn't read as it should, however it is on a fence
blocked by trees and the house so what should I expect.

Christmas cheers

Paul


"David Parker" wrote in message
...
I've been lurking in this group for a good few years now but haven't made
many posts. I'm after a bit of advice.

I'd like to buy a weather station that measures temp, humidity, pressure
wind and rain and that will connect to my PC.

I reckon the La Crosse WS2300 or WS2500 are good options. The question is
why is there £150 difference between them? On paper they look pretty
similar except that the tolerances aren't specified for the WS2300. Is it
much less accurate? Are there any other makes/models that might be better
in the £200-£400 price range?

Any thoughts welcome.

Cheers
David

Paul Rickwood wrote:
I think the main advantages of the 2500 are the greater wireless
range and the lux reading jobby.
I have now had the 2300 for 2 weeks and am very happy with it now
that I have relocated the console for perfect reception. Just started
messing with the web-publishing, check out
www.ploppy.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/wx.htm if you are feeling bored.

Like Terry my wind guage doesn't read as it should, however it is on
a fence blocked by trees and the house so what should I expect.

Christmas cheers

Paul


"David Parker" wrote in message
...
I've been lurking in this group for a good few years now but haven't
made many posts. I'm after a bit of advice.

I'd like to buy a weather station that measures temp, humidity,
pressure wind and rain and that will connect to my PC.

I reckon the La Crosse WS2300 or WS2500 are good options. The
question is why is there £150 difference between them? On paper
they look pretty similar except that the tolerances aren't specified
for the WS2300. Is it much less accurate? Are there any other
makes/models that might be better in the £200-£400 price range?

Any thoughts welcome.

Cheers
David

Indoor temp 28 deg - phew!!

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" cupra" wrote in message
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Paul Rickwood wrote:
I think the main advantages of the 2500 are the greater wireless
range and the lux reading jobby.
I have now had the 2300 for 2 weeks and am very happy with it now
that I have relocated the console for perfect reception. Just started
messing with the web-publishing, check out
www.ploppy.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/wx.htm if you are feeling bored.

Like Terry my wind guage doesn't read as it should, however it is on
a fence blocked by trees and the house so what should I expect.

Christmas cheers

Paul

The reason for the inaccurate wind readings is the sampling period of 30
seconds (I think) over the 2 or 3 seconds of Davis models. The Davis model
is highly accurate for wind readings whilst LaCrosse is pretty useless.
Speaking with the experience of owning both models.

joe,bedford

www.weatherwise.org.uk

"Joe" wrote in message
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" cupra" wrote in message
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Paul Rickwood wrote:
I think the main advantages of the 2500 are the greater wireless
range and the lux reading jobby.
I have now had the 2300 for 2 weeks and am very happy with it now
that I have relocated the console for perfect reception. Just started
messing with the web-publishing, check out
www.ploppy.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/wx.htm if you are feeling bored.

Like Terry my wind guage doesn't read as it should, however it is on
a fence blocked by trees and the house so what should I expect.

Christmas cheers

Paul

The reason for the inaccurate wind readings is the sampling period of 30
seconds (I think) over the 2 or 3 seconds of Davis models. The Davis model
is highly accurate for wind readings whilst LaCrosse is pretty useless.
Speaking with the experience of owning both models.

joe,bedford

www.weatherwise.org.uk


Yes the sampling rate doesn't help of course.

The console is rather near a radiator hence the rather tropical indoor temp!

"Paul Rickwood" wrote in message
...
I think the main advantages of the 2500 are the greater wireless range and
the lux reading jobby.
I have now had the 2300 for 2 weeks and am very happy with it now that I
have relocated the console for perfect reception. Just started messing
with
the web-publishing, check out www.ploppy.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/wx.htm if
you
are feeling bored.

Like Terry my wind guage doesn't read as it should, however it is on a
fence
blocked by trees and the house so what should I expect.

Christmas cheers

Paul


The software is another decision point. I did't fork out an extra £50 for
the (WeatherDisplay ?) software - I assume that is what Paul is using for
his web site ?

I kept to the included HeavyWeather S/W which is fine for what I need. I've
set up a permanent Com port connection to the PC and the station logs at
half hour intervals. With the WS2300 maximum number of logs around 180 it
means as long as I boot up the PC every three days or so the log is
maintained on the PC.

One problem with Heavyweather is the PC log file appended each time can
corrupt - it might be to do with a 64kb limit. Luckily I'd backed mine up.
Now I change log files every few months to avoid any potential size
problems.

Terry

Hi Terry

I wrote my own software for use with heavyweather to add nice historical
graphs. Take a look at http://www.apritch.myby.co.uk/uiweather.htm it does
add a bit more than heavyweather offers on it's own. It's also freeware

Andy.

UI-View http://welcome.to/uiview
Propagation http://welcome.to/dxradio
Prop. Mon. 144.800 Mhz - Telford - IO82SQ

XBox GamerTag: AndyAndy



"Telboy" wrote in message
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"Paul Rickwood" wrote in message
...
I think the main advantages of the 2500 are the greater wireless range
and
the lux reading jobby.
I have now had the 2300 for 2 weeks and am very happy with it now that I
have relocated the console for perfect reception. Just started messing
with
the web-publishing, check out www.ploppy.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/wx.htm if
you
are feeling bored.

Like Terry my wind guage doesn't read as it should, however it is on a
fence
blocked by trees and the house so what should I expect.

Christmas cheers

Paul


The software is another decision point. I did't fork out an extra £50 for
the (WeatherDisplay ?) software - I assume that is what Paul is using for
his web site ?

I kept to the included HeavyWeather S/W which is fine for what I need.
I've
set up a permanent Com port connection to the PC and the station logs at
half hour intervals. With the WS2300 maximum number of logs around 180 it
means as long as I boot up the PC every three days or so the log is
maintained on the PC.

One problem with Heavyweather is the PC log file appended each time can
corrupt - it might be to do with a 64kb limit. Luckily I'd backed mine
up.
Now I change log files every few months to avoid any potential size
problems.

Terry

SNIP

The software is another decision point. I did't fork out an extra £50 for
the (WeatherDisplay ?) software - I assume that is what Paul is using for
his web site ?

I kept to the included HeavyWeather S/W which is fine for what I need.
I've
set up a permanent Com port connection to the PC and the station logs at
half hour intervals. With the WS2300 maximum number of logs around 180 it
means as long as I boot up the PC every three days or so the log is
maintained on the PC.

One problem with Heavyweather is the PC log file appended each time can
corrupt - it might be to do with a 64kb limit. Luckily I'd backed mine
up.
Now I change log files every few months to avoid any potential size
problems.

Terry



Terry, yes I am trying out WeatherDisplay at the moment (30 day trial), have
also tried out Virtual Weather Station but for some reason if the signal is
lost it reports a temp of -17C which is no good.
I will have a look at Andys software which looks good for what I need.
I leave my computer on all the time so logging period is not a problem .

Cheers

Paul