[wxqc] Re Wasp Nests

[Victor Engel]

Maybe I'm not visualizing it properly. My visualization has a
sandwitch, belt, wire, cyllinder. Rain that normally would fall to the
ground outside of the cyllinder, would instead hit the belt and splash
in. I expect there to be some error from the wires, too, but that may
not be significant.

Do you have a picture of the rig?

On 6/4/07, Hanford R Wright <joh69 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Not if the belt is mounted on the outside of the cylinder.  You can use
> other materials to make the bird repellor. The rain gage that I made my
> first one for was a standard NWS rain gage at a weather station I used to
> work at.  The rain gage that I have now is a Peet Bros Pro which is smaller
> and shaped different.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net
> [mailto:wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net]On Behalf Of Victor Engel
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 12:00
> To: Discussion of weather data quality issues
> Subject: Re: [wxqc] Re Wasp Nests
>
>
> OK. I've used one but didn't know what it was called. How do you
> manage to keep it from extending past the rim of the collector? Seems
> that would skew the measurement from splashing from the belt.
>
> On 6/4/07, Hanford R Wright <joh69 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > It is a belt that is part of the combat soldiers equipment you can hook
> your
> > canteen first aid kit etc to this belt.  Any cloth belt would work.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net
> > [mailto:wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net]On Behalf Of Victor Engel
> > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 11:45
> > To: Discussion of weather data quality issues
> > Subject: Re: [wxqc] Re Wasp Nests
> >
> >
> > What is a web belt? I'm having trouble picturing your rig.
> >
> > On 6/4/07, Hanford R Wright <joh69 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > Thomas
> > > What I did to keep birds from using my rain gage as a crapper I took a
> old
> > > web belt and threaded nails about 1 inch a part then riveted it together
> > so
> > > that it would fit snuggly on the rain gage.
> > >
> > > 73's
> > > Hanford Wright WA4LZC
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net
> > > [mailto:wxqc-bounces at lists.gladstonefamily.net]On Behalf Of Thomas
> > > Giella KN4LF
> > > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 10:47
> > > To: a WXQC e-List
> > > Subject: [wxqc] Re Wasp Nests
> > >
> > >
> > > I had the problem with wasps in the rain gauge of my VP2 and added one
> > moth
> > > ball as suggested by Steve and that did the trick. However I'm still
> > trying
> > > to fend off the local bird population that uses the rain gauge funnel as
> a
> > > community bathroom. I have to clean the funnel every day!
> > >
> > > Take Care,
> > > Thomas Giella, KN4LF
> > > Retired Meteorologist
> > > Lakeland, FL, USA
> > > kn4lf at earthlink.net
> > >
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> > > http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf22.htm
> > > Lakeland, Florida Real Time Weather Observations:
> > > http://www.kn4lf.com/index1.html
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> > > http://www.cosmicfingerprints.com/audio/newevidence.htm
> > >
> > > From: "Steve Hatchett" <steve at softwx.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [wxqc] Req for suggestions - wasps and rain gauges
> > > To: <pat at sklenar.info>, "'Discussion of weather data quality issues'"
> > > <wxqc at lists.gladstonefamily.net>
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> > >
> > > You have to be careful because some insecticides may react with the
> parts
> > in
> > > the weather equipments. I have not tried this, but I think it would work
> > if
> > > you put a single moth ball in the gauge tucked in a corner where it
> would
> > > not get wet.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
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