Sounds good to me. I'll be moving soon and one of the things on my shopping list for the new house is a decent weather station with APRS support. <br><br>I would say I'd like to have a display though, but that could be added seperately I suppose.<br>
<br>Sounds like a great idea and if the price was right I would definitely be interested in it. <br><br>73<br>Stephen <br>K1LNX<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:59 PM, Scott Miller <<a href="mailto:scott@opentrac.org">scott@opentrac.org</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">It's bothered me for a while that the AAG TAI-8515 station is about the<br>
only low-cost, low-power station out there for APRS use. It also gets<br>
kind of expensive when you start adding more sensors.<br>
<br>
I've found a manufacturer in China that produces home weather stations<br>
(they might make LaCrosse's stations, I'm not sure - the hardware is<br>
very similar) and I've negotiated a price on just the mechanical parts.<br>
That includes wind speed, wind direction, rain gauge, 2-piece metal<br>
mast, mounting arms, cables, and assorted mounting hardware.<br>
<br>
I can produce a small interface circuit that'll output serial data for<br>
use with a PC weather program, or for direct connection to a TNC. The<br>
interface board itself will add at least temperature, and it could<br>
conceivably have humidity and pressure sensors as well.<br>
<br>
I think there's enough market for a display-less weather station that<br>
doesn't rely on battery-powered wireless links to make it worth doing<br>
(it'll mean buying a few hundred units), but I'd appreciate feedback. I<br>
think it might make a good companion to my integrated<br>
tracker/transceiver unit, too.<br>
<br>
Scott<br>
N1VG<br>
<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Stephen Brown - ARS K1LNX<br>Johnson City, TN EM86uh<br><a href="http://www.k1lnx.net">http://www.k1lnx.net</a>