Haaa… A guy has to be able to take a midnight stretch, even in an Association Controlled development 
-Bob
Lol…I was wondering if you had any pictures of when you first started out with the setup of your weather station to where you are right now?
Sorry if I am being annoying, but I would just like to get some more ideas. Thanks.
Ohh you are not annoying me, if that is your concern…
The best i have are located here:
http://jaxweather.net/Gallery/thumbnails.php?album=4
However there were two modifications made today that I haven’t captured yet. I slotted the board that the rain gauge is mounted on, and raised the height of the mount, to facilitate the sliding down of the Anemometer pole as that will put the top of the pole at a reasonable height to access using a standard ladder…
The second was the adding of another “shield” to the pole with the thermo-hygro sensor mounted to further reduce direct sun light which I will have to evaluate for another couple of days before I say this is a final deal LOL
-Bob
[quote author=JaxWeather link=topic=8199.msg58389#msg58389 date=1111370060]
Ohh you are not annoying me, if that is your concern…
The best i have are located here:
http://jaxweather.net/Gallery/thumbnails.php?album=4
However there were two modifications made today that I haven’t captured yet.
Also one other question…since my house is two stories, once i complete the mounting/setup it will only be about 12-15’ off the ground. But my house is about 25’ tall, and the house blocks the N/NE readings. What do you think about this? Thanks.
Well…
There is another reason to Live here in the south, more one story then multiple story residences 
(Oh and that OTHER reason the S*** word 
)
I would have to refer you to others that are dealing with that problem as I only have trees and they are mostly southern pines which are 50 to 75 feet of trunk and then the limbs, and pine needles, at the top LOL
-Bob
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Well…
There is another reason to Live here in the south, more one story then multiple story residences
(Oh and that OTHER reason the S*** word )
I would have to refer you to others that are dealing with that problem as I only have trees and they are mostly southern pines which are 50 to 75 feet of trunk and then the limbs, and pine needles, at the top
I heard that!
LOL…Nice one snowman. But seriously, is there anything I can do that you think of to prevent my house from blocking the anemometer? Thanks.
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LOL…Nice one snowman.
Smooth dcoufal…I will defintely take that into consideration :D.
Anyways, I will keep you guys updated. Thanks for all of your help.
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LOL…Nice one snowman.
Sounds good…but our association does not allow us to put anything on our roof or any concrete. And since the person in charge of the association for our neighborhood lives across the street, and they check (association people) the backyards of people’s homes to try and nail you with a fine. Anyways, I will probably just bury the 4x4 post (either an 8’ post or a 10’ post) 3 or 4’ into the ground…Do you guys think this will be stable and work out okay? Thanks for all of your help.
My Davis VP1 anenometer, mounted yesterday, from the side of our garage.
It’s higher than it looks - garage is two storey - and I will not be enthusiastically anticipating a change of back-up batteries.
Only one problem: our house - to the SW - is about 10 feet higher #-o
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My Davis VP1 anenometer, mounted yesterday, from the side of our garage.
It’s higher than it looks - garage is two storey - and I will not be enthusiastically anticipating a change of back-up batteries.
Only one problem: our house - to the SW - is about 10 feet higher
:shocked!:Sounds good…but our association does not allow us to put anything on our roof or any concrete.
On the roof… probably because one house of many would look different, but the concrete? buried in the ground? under ground… That is a bit odd. With our association of sorts, we are trying to keep out the drug meth folks… oh well. concrete or meth labs?
So what happens if you dig a hole for the post, pour in some of that fast set stuff throw dirt on top ? I suppose there might be an excess calcium in the neighborhood sensor? :o
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:shocked!:Sounds good…but our association does not allow us to put anything on our roof or any concrete.
use guy wires possibly instead???
Good idea, but I really don’t like the idea of guy wires…and anyways, I don’t have very much space in backyard at all (only about 0.075 of aan acre, literally!..but maybe more), so there is not much room to put them. Thanks for everyone’s ideas though, and keep 'em coming!