[aprssig] Low-cost weather station

[Mike Galgano]

I have a couple of places I'd like to watch with something like this. 
Price point would be an issue, but the simplification of a ready-to-go 
interface and TNC would make it worth more overall. I'm mostly 
interested right now in wind speed and direction, but the rest would be 
swell, too.

Mike G
KB7PUX

Rich Garcia wrote:
> I have finally bought a Davis but yes a simple unit configured to a HT and
> OT or TT would make a good remote unit. KISS is good for places with limited
> or difficult access.
>
> But as with anything amateur radio related it depends on the price point.
> Normally I would not even reply BUT Scott you have always seemed more than
> reasonable with your prices so it has caught my attention. As with most
> things another mobile is the last thing I need but I can't seem to pass up
> $75 GM's or Maxtracs I got about 8 of them gathering dust now and would buy
> more, now a $50-$75 weather station and I'd be thinking of what places I
> could install one.
>
> Rich
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:aprssig-bounces at lists.tapr.org]On Behalf Of Scott Miller
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:59 PM
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> Subject: [aprssig] Low-cost weather station
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>
> It's bothered me for a while that the AAG TAI-8515 station is about the
> only low-cost, low-power station out there for APRS use.  It also gets
> kind of expensive when you start adding more sensors.
>
> I've found a manufacturer in China that produces home weather stations
> (they might make LaCrosse's stations, I'm not sure - the hardware is
> very similar) and I've negotiated a price on just the mechanical parts.
>   That includes wind speed, wind direction, rain gauge, 2-piece metal
> mast, mounting arms, cables, and assorted mounting hardware.
>
> I can produce a small interface circuit that'll output serial data for
> use with a PC weather program, or for direct connection to a TNC.  The
> interface board itself will add at least temperature, and it could
> conceivably have humidity and pressure sensors as well.
>
> I think there's enough market for a display-less weather station that
> doesn't rely on battery-powered wireless links to make it worth doing
> (it'll mean buying a few hundred units), but I'd appreciate feedback.  I
> think it might make a good companion to my integrated
> tracker/transceiver unit, too.
>
> Scott
> N1VG
>
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