[aprssig] WX station transmit rate?

[Scott Miller]

You probably don't need a RELAY in there - if WIDE works, I'd stick with
that.  As for rates, that's probably a question for the APRS SIG.  I'll
probably be using relatively high rates (maybe 5 minutes or less) for a few
stations, because they'll be used for paraglider flying conditions and it's
important to have fast updates.  That'll be very low power, with direct line
of sight to the nearest digi and maybe an IGate.

I don't think anyone would complain about a 5 minute rate on a lightly
loaded network, especially when you're the only weather station around.
Just keep the path down.  We had one mountaintop station go on the air with
a RELAY,WIDE3-3 path a while back - managed to flood both the coast and
central valley regions at the same time.

Scott

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Rush" <david at davidarush.com>
To: <aprssig at lists.tapr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 2:30 PM
Subject: [aprssig] WX station transmit rate?


> Are there any guidelines for the transmission rate of an ordinary weather
> station?
>
> Mine's transmitting every 15 minutes on a lightly-loaded network
(Wyoming -
> need I say more?).  Well, I guess it's lightly-loaded right here, but the
> northern edge of the greater Denver metro area is within a couple of hops.
>
> How about the path?  Here in Wyoming the weather can vary dramatically
over
> relatively small horizontal distances, due to varying elevation.
> So I figure it would be useful for travellers (I'm along I-80) to have WX
> info for greater distances than might be necessary in the flatlands.  I'm
> currently using RELAY,WIDE, which is sufficient to get it into findu,
which
> is useful.
>
> I have the only WX station on the air (no pun intended) in this area.
>
> David, KY7DR, Laramie, WY
>
>
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