http://www.wxqa.com/news.html 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 1 hourly http://www.wxqa.com/news.html#edf579146b48 here. ]]> http://www.wxqa.com/news.html#b1396baa3db7 This graph shows number of weather stations using different APRS servers on a daily basis since the start of the year. NH means non-ham; HM means ham; CR means CORE servers; CW means CWOP servers; and OT means other servers including Tier 2 servers. ]]> http://www.wxqa.com/news.html#66880362fea6 http://www.wxqa.com/news.html#7750f47e8917 which servers you should use. ]]> http://www.wxqa.com/news.html#95bd73c83716 http://www.wxqa.com/news.html#1b5a83ade1c2 CWOP Archive Search using on-line Google search technology. This allows you to enter an item and find if it has been discussed on the CWOP Data Quality Discussion List. For example, enter "barometer calibration" and you'll see postings that discussed how to calibrate your barometer. ]]> http://www.wxqa.com/news.html#aaf4ca37e9c1 http://www.wxqa.com/news.html#0b7a196d2094 http://www.wxqa.com/news.html#8ba01b43d92a DW stations that have sent packets. ]]> http://www.wxqa.com/news.html#dcfdd688bd5f station count and in packet count for CWOP-1, CWOP-2, CWOP-3 from 01 to 03 UTC for 20080221. ]]> http://www.wxqa.com/news.html#546290776f7b graph shows the bytes/CWstation/hour on APRS-IS since the start of the year. On Jan 19 (hour 433), e-mails were sent to about 150 CW station operators who were sending too many packets, and the bytes/hour started to decrease as people reduced their packet rate. As more CWOP members reduced their packet rate, this reduction continued to Feb 04:03UTC (hour 819) with a value of about 800 bytes/hour. Then, third.aprs.net and fourth.aprs.net were removed and the bytes/hour decreased by about 25% because packets (and bytes) were not reaching APRS-IS. This continued until Feb 06:12 (hour 876) when servers third and fourth were returned and the value returned to slightly above 800 bytes/hour. However, the next day, Feb 07:06, there was a problem with first.aprs.net, and the bytes/hour dropped again, but not as far this time because Gerry Creager (AP009) was working to bring another APRS server online for CWOP use. On Feb09:08 (hour944), Gerry got the new server working fairly reliably and the bytes/hour value is back to the level of Feb 06 and reasonably stable. All CWOP members are encouraged to use "cwop.aprs.net" with either port 14580 or port 23 to reach Gerry's server. Also, be sure to follow the recommendations of item #1 of the CWOP FAQ regarding how often and when to send packets. ]]> http://www.wxqa.com/news.html#663c6d83ed9d http://www.wxqa.com/news.html#1910b71efc77 Winter 2007 Sky-Warn Spotter News: "Citizen Weather Observing Program (CWOP) - CWOP is a system that permits those with automated weather stations to report their data on-line to a suite of weather observation web sites. A growing number of Skywarn weather spotters are taking advantage of this opportunity. If you have an automated weather station linked to your personal computer combined with broadband or DSL communications, or you get such a system as a gift, please visit www.wxqa.com for more information if you are interested. You could join the CWOP team!" ]]> http://www.wxqa.com/news.html#4b4d21f186a9 this news item about Personal Weather Stations in the Portland Press Herald Maine Sunday Telegram. ]]> http://www.wxqa.com/news.html#6b2fa0ac045d slashdot posting about Personal Weather Stations that mentioned CWOP. Because of this, the CWOP web site traffic for yesterday was about eight times normal. ]]>