Unfortuanly my funds are tight at the moment!

I am trying to get something that records winds, temps, windchill, humidity
and can connect to my pc thru software. not essential to be wireless but
obviously very usefull

I would also like rain gauge but its not essential as long as it can be
added later

Dont want to spend more than £150-£170 really

Liam


"Joe, Bedford." wrote in message
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"Liam Tallis" wrote in message
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I've been looking at the La Crosse WS2300 as can be found at
http://www.ukweathershop.co.uk/acatalog/lctws_sub.html

I only have a cheap Oregon Scientific Wireless temperature and humidity
sensor at the moment so am looking for like a medium quality weather
station
with most features (wind, rainfall). I don't know much about all the
brands
available e.t.c. or things but does anyone have any experience with La
Crosse (and specifically this model) and is it suitable for someone like
me
who's never had a proper weather station before

Cheers

Liam



Its very poor for recording wind speed. Its sample rate is 30 seconds,
meaning it misses gusts (3 second winds). The cheapest Davis gear (around
£150/£200 Weather wizard) has a far more accurate anemometer (it samples
at
3 seconds). I have the Davis Monitor 2 which is outstanding and is an
upgrade to the wizard in that it also records Rain/humidity/pressure. It
did
cost about £350 though. Have a look at www.ukweathershop.com and
www.weatherstations.co.uk

my website using Virtual Weather Station software www.weatherwise.org.uk

On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:19:23 +0000 (UTC), "Tim West"
wrote:

Another possibility is the WMR112 kit
http://www.meteorologica.co.uk/product.asp?P_ID=51 it allows you to add the
rain gauge and anemometer as funds allow! It is a full wireless system with
all the sensors being seperate and the response time is 14 seconds for the
wind rather than the 128 seconds from the WS2300. The downside is that it
won't connect to a PC (


A wired WS2300 will sample at 8 seconds, and WILL connect to a PC.

I thought there was laws involving how often 433Mhz or whatever it is
transmits? Every 14 seconds, are you sure?

Yep, all Oregon wind sensors respond at this speed. The key to the law is
that the sensor data burst is extremely short thus the percentage of time
that it is "on air" for is not exceeded when it broadcasts every 14 seconds.
The Davis weather stations actually send their wind data to the console by
radio every 2.5 seconds! They are also legal in the UK as long as they are
the UK versions and no the US ones!

"bb" wrote in message
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On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:19:23 +0000 (UTC), "Tim West"
wrote:

Another possibility is the WMR112 kit
http://www.meteorologica.co.uk/product.asp?P_ID=51 it allows you to add
the
rain gauge and anemometer as funds allow! It is a full wireless system
with
all the sensors being seperate and the response time is 14 seconds for
the
wind rather than the 128 seconds from the WS2300. The downside is that it
won't connect to a PC (


A wired WS2300 will sample at 8 seconds, and WILL connect to a PC.

I thought there was laws involving how often 433Mhz or whatever it is
transmits? Every 14 seconds, are you sure?