[wxqc] Pole for wind gauge

[RON PARKER]

I was looking at the weather station price list that Dave cam up with and I have a few suggestions.  Ebay was the way to fo for me with the Davis Vantage Pro 2 WX station and weather link.  I literally saved hundreds of dollars for a superb product.  Got 8 feet of pressure treated lumber (2 feet in the ground) and a small bag of redi-mix concrete for a total of about $10.  

Just last month bought about 20 feet of sturdy PVC pipe (with neat looking PVC caps on both ends) and mounted it securely with clamps to the treated lumber.  Total cost about 12 dollars. Now I have my Aenemometer up at about 20 feet.  It works great and my wind speed isn't that much different than a neighbor who has his anemometer up at 40 feet.
(pictures to come soon)

I also bought UPS back up for 38 dollars for those quick blips.  Power in my neighborhood is all underground.  However, things might change if the Houston area gets a hurricane.

And finally I'm using a much older 1999 Dell Windows computer, upgraded to XP, for just the weather stream and all works fine.


Ron

CW6012
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