[wxqc] Removing a station from CWOP

[Eric A Hultman]

Is there any possiblity to remove a station from CWOP? There is a station 
local to me that has been broadcasting defective data for over a year now. 
Made worse its an amature radio club's system, but the listed contact's 
email address is no longer valid. Perhaps the station was abandoned. I am 
not sure, the licence due to expire next month.. 

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Here is a copy of the email I tried to send to them. 

From: Eric Hultman [mailto:hultmane at comcast.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 22:05
To: 'lowellarc at juno.com'
Subject: Weather Station - Non Functional? 


Hi, this is KC8YPW – Eric Hultman, and I just did a QRZ lookup for the 
station W8LRC to determine the owner of a weather station located at or near 
Alden nash rd and between Downes and McPherson Street. 

 

The reason for the contact is I am trying to see if you can either reset 
your weather station or possibly take it offline. For over a year now your 
readings have been reported into the national weather service via CWOP and 
MADIS has been tracking values that are at times up  to 120Deg F out of snyc 
with the rest of the surrounding area. 

 

The reason that this came to my attention is that my station’s own 
reported values are being error checked against your station and several 
other stations in the surrounding area. When your stations values are taken 
into account it skews the averages such that my reports could potentially be 
shifted. 

 

Can you please review your results and correct the error? 

 

Here is a link to your general page: 

http://weather.gladstonefamily.net/site/AP827?tile=10;days=364#Data 

 

To give you some idea – here is what I see from my end: 

 

KGRR
3.9 miles
E

Grand Rapids, Gerald R. Ford International Airport, MI, United States of 
America (lat 42.8808°, long -85.5228°, altitude 241 meters)
0.5
 -0.6
 -2.7 

CW5506
9.2 miles
NW

Grand Rapids, MI US (lat 42.9704°, long -85.7194°, altitude 231 meters)
 -0.6
 -0.2
 -1.4 

CW1502
9.3 miles
W

Grandville, MI US (lat 42.8975°, long -85.7788°, altitude 186 meters)
 -1.6
1.1
 -1.4 

CW5335
10.4 miles
NW

Walker, MI US (lat 42.9397°, long -85.7820°, altitude 207 meters)
0.1
1.4
 -0.1 

K08C
11.4 miles
NW

Jenison, MI US (lat 42.9358°, long -85.8050°, altitude 187 meters)
21.1
 -0.2
 

CW5790
12.8 miles
N

Grand Rapids, MI US (lat 43.0563°, long -85.6153°, altitude 221 meters)
1.0
1.6
 -2.1 

KC8LCP-9
13.4 miles
W

Hudsonville, MI US (lat 42.8663°, long -85.8617°, altitude 194 meters)
 -1.3
1.3
 -2.9 

W8LRC
14.1 miles
NE

Lowell, MI US (lat 42.9897°, long -85.3715°, altitude 252 meters)
86.4
45.8
41.0 

CW4000
16.5 miles
N

Rockford, MI US (lat 43.1037°, long -85.5162°, altitude 262 meters)
1.4
1.0
 -2.3 

CW5467
16.7 miles
S

Hopkins, MI US (lat 42.6383°, long -85.6793°, altitude 225 meters)
 -2.7
 -3.2
 -2.4 

 

Any help would be great. I am more than happy to try and answer any 
questions you may have if I am able. 

 

Thank you,