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by AaronJones
Fri 24 Feb 2012 4:40 am
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: After 4 months had to replace transmitter batteries. Normal?
Replies: 21
Views: 8574

Re: After 4 months had to replace transmitter batteries. Nor

Hi guys. How about some lateral thinking ? Try modding the rx aerial by including a reflector? Some simple designs made from card and foil could give 3 dB gain for a few pennies. Add one to the tx also. Get another 3 dB? Its all in the forum already :) At 433 MHz / 0.7 meters a parabolic reflector ...
by AaronJones
Thu 16 Feb 2012 6:43 pm
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: Low Battery Life
Replies: 18
Views: 7556

Re: Low Battery Life

I intend to install 1.65 NiZn AA cells in my transmitter.

Detail in this post.
by AaronJones
Thu 16 Feb 2012 6:27 pm
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: After 4 months had to replace transmitter batteries. Normal?
Replies: 21
Views: 8574

Re: After 4 months had to replace transmitter batteries. Nor

I'm having similar problems. My station is located nearly 100' from the computer, and the signal passes through several walls. I upgraded the antenna on the receiver to a real 450 MHz whip, which helped a lot. I replaced the steel rods in the solar screen with nylon, which helped some more. But even...
by AaronJones
Tue 13 Sep 2011 6:07 pm
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: Newbi here with WS -2080
Replies: 5
Views: 1952

Re: Newbi here with WS -2080

Tim, If you're not used to working with web pages or setting up web sites, you can post your data to Weather Underground. It's very easy and they take care of all the archiving, backups, graphs, etc. Go to http://www.wunderground.com/login.asp and create an account for yourself. It's free. Once you ...
by AaronJones
Mon 12 Sep 2011 7:51 pm
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: Photos of the insides of Fine Offset sensors.
Replies: 173
Views: 382513

Re: Photos of the insides of Fine Offset sensors.

I thought it would be useful to start a thread showing the insides of the sensors of Fine Offset type weather stations. I'll start this off with the Rain Gauge. Inside the rain gauge with the cover/funnel removed. The small piece sticking out of the rear of the bucket part contains a magnet which o...