I didn’t know if it was best to add on to this string since it is the same subject or to start a new string.
It seems to me that right from the get go you are unable to get a perfect CWOP score with the Davis unless you make some changes mentioned earlier.
You can’t mount the rain guage at 2’ above grass and the thermometer 5’ above grass when the rain guage is mounted on top of the thermometer. I don’t think the rain guage would work well if you mounted the unit upside down Likewise, unless you buy the wireless addon for the anemometer you have to use the 40’ cable that attaches the anemometer to the ISS. I have written Davis and a NOAA contact about advice on how you can mount the anemometer 33’ in the air and still reach the ISS which by definition can’t be mounted on the same pole. I am guessing if you had a fence you could mount the 33’ pole to the fence, run the wire down to the fence top, then across to the ISS so you wouldn’t have the wire suspended in the air between the two. I don’t know how far from the anemometer mast you are supposed to mount the rain guage so it is not impacted by the “shadow” of the mast?
So, even if I upgrade to the Davis, getting the Davis properly sited seems impossible by design??
Unlike some of you, I have a lot of space an no wife to harass me. That gives me the flexibility to mount things pretty much anywhere, depending on what each device needs and the limits of how the Davis is made.
The problem I have with my Honeywell is that the wireless range is very limited. Even after buying a USB hub to extend my USB length to get the display in a window with LOS to all of the sensors, I still lose contact with them. It seems the wireless distances of the Davis are superior to the Honeywell but I don’t know how far I can realistically expect the signal to reach?
My house is a story and a half located on the SE side of a hill where my current anemometer is placed. The whole area around my house is covered with mature deciduous trees and I have planted many pine trees that will cause more problems over time. If you look at this aerial photo, you can see that to the north I have a pond and the 10a next to that is wide open. There is a buffer between the pond and the farmed area which would be ideal, but it is several hundred feet away and I don’t want to have to buy a repeater and I am still stuck with the problem of how you can mount the ISS in a proper location and use the 40’ cable?? BTW, the picture is several years old and the pine trees around the house have grown quite a bit since that picture was taken.
http://www.goldenpondfarm.com/farm_pictures/aerial_hobby_farm_photo.jpg
I would appreciate any thoughts or comments on my predicament.
Thanks,
Lew