Comments (2) It’s hotter than the hinges on hell’s front door lately but it didn’t get anywhere near 128F today, nor did we dip down to -16.5F last night.
The other readings are pretty accurate – including the time stamps on the questionable readings which reveal their cause – RFI.
My old Davis unit suffered the same problem on 40 meters even at QRP levels. The new unit Continue reading 'Personal weather stations & RFI'»
When lightning struck a year ago this month, one of the things that gave up the ghost was my Davis Vantage Pro 2 weather station. I hesitated replacing it for such a long time because I just couldn’t justify the cost.
But on again/off again research has yielded what I believe will be an economical replacement – an Ambient Weather WS1090. No sacrifice in accuracy and almost 1/4 the price of the Davis model ($150 vs. almost $600). Continue reading 'Weather station replacement arrives'»
Hey man, like check out these groovy products that merge “wireless ambient data” with some really far-out 1960-ish ways of displaying it.
But before reading the rest of this post, you’ll probably want to turn on your lava lamp and put on the Moody Blues’ In Search of the Lost Chord LP 8-track cassette CD MP3. Or Hypnotized by Fleetwood Mac – either is entirely appropriate.
Go ahead, dude – I’ll wait…it’s probably in that box with your Jimi Hendrix and Jefferson Airplane LP’s.
They say there’s a place down in Mexico where a man can fly over mountains & hills
He don’t need an airplane or some kinda engine – and he never will…
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Hey cool – you’re back already.
Ambient Info Network is perhaps the largest datacasting network in the US.
Tropical Storm Hermine paid a glancing visit to Houston last week, taking me off the air and into the hospital, killing numerous appliances here in the house and causing a gas leak which temporarily made a portion of the house downright explosive. I was told by the gas guy that this was the lightning strike’s “exit wound” and that it is not uncommon for this to happen. New one on me…
Regarding those appliances – some very bizarre casulties and some very fortunate survivors. Continue reading 'Lightning strike: QRT, EKG and a new dipole'»
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