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by NO0C
Mon 10 Jun 2013 2:26 pm
Forum: Homebuilt
Topic: Spider Warfare 101: Fine Offset Edition
Replies: 8
Views: 6922

Re: Spider Warfare 101: Fine Offset Edition

And what did you do to assure the critters can't enter the portals where the rain drops fall into the tipping buckets?
by NO0C
Mon 11 Mar 2013 8:19 pm
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: Wind readings quite high after battery change?
Replies: 19
Views: 6822

Re: Wind readings quite high after battery change?

Thanks Alan.

Upon further review ..... an ohmmeter on a spare sensor I have does indeed reveal that there are 2 pulses/revolution.

Interesting phenomenon.

Thanks for blowing the cobwebs out of my gray matter. :bash:
by NO0C
Mon 11 Mar 2013 7:18 pm
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: Wind readings quite high after battery change?
Replies: 19
Views: 6822

Re: Wind readings quite high after battery change?

The anemometer rotor generates two pulses per revolution, perhaps it was previously only one, or now the reed switch has some "contact bounce". But these are basically "mechanical" issues which are unlikely to be caused by changing the battery (voltage). Are you sure of that :?:...
by NO0C
Sat 09 Feb 2013 5:18 pm
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: WH1080 Wind speed sensor not working
Replies: 6
Views: 3228

Re: WH1080 Wind speed sensor not working

My question is: If you had the wind speed sensor apart, why didn't you replace the "Chinese crap" with a "good English bearing", rather than putting a band-aid on it :?:
by NO0C
Tue 01 Jan 2013 6:45 pm
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: Wh1080 rain fall problem
Replies: 3
Views: 1876

Re: Wh1080 rain fall problem

Don't rule out the fact it could be as simple as a flaky phone jack on the transmitter. Those connectors sometimes get damaged if the plug might have been installed incorrectly.

Good luck.
by NO0C
Mon 31 Dec 2012 11:17 pm
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: Wh1080 rain fall problem
Replies: 3
Views: 1876

Re: Wh1080 rain fall problem

You could easily check the sensor assembly at the plug, putting an ohmmeter across the two leads and rocking the buckets to see if the switch is closing and opening. That's where I would start in isolating the problem. If you don't have an ohmmeter and the knowledge on how to use it, sorry I'm no he...
by NO0C
Sun 30 Dec 2012 9:33 pm
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: WH3080
Replies: 12
Views: 4416

Re: WH3080

Thanks everyone for all of the information spewed forth. I had never thought about how the rest of the world sets their clocks and calibrates their oscillators. Yes, there is a 60 KHz station at WWV although I have never had a receiver that tuned that low and it would probably not matter as the QRN ...
by NO0C
Sat 29 Dec 2012 5:24 pm
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: WH3080
Replies: 12
Views: 4416

Re: WH3080

Any idea what frequency the Fine Offset units have their ears tuned to? 2.5, 5, 10, 15 or 20 MHz? The reason it's listening to a station in Germany or elsewhere is all about radio wave propagation. Some times I can hear WWV in Ft. Collins, CO (300 miles away as the corn flies), other times I can hea...
by NO0C
Sat 29 Dec 2012 4:02 pm
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: WH3080
Replies: 12
Views: 4416

Re: WH3080

Since then it has worked fine except for the RCC which will not connect. Any ideas what to try? Hi Ron, :idea: Try to be patient, there is not 24-hour radio propagation, and it may take a while to receive a strong enough signal to set the clock. From the WH-2080 manual: RCC reception may take a cou...
by NO0C
Sun 25 Nov 2012 3:55 pm
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: No wind speed data being recorded
Replies: 9
Views: 3346

Re: No wind speed data being recorded

Hi evo1966,

I would start by testing the wind speed sensor with a ohmmeter across the leads after unplugging it. Spinning the cups should show a switching from 0 to infinity at a frequency equal to the speed of the cups.

Good luck.
by NO0C
Mon 12 Nov 2012 2:17 pm
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: Setting wind direction resolution
Replies: 8
Views: 3038

Re: Setting wind direction resolution

steve wrote:Fine Offset stations only have a resolution of 12.5 degrees for wind direction (they supply one of 16 compass points).
Hi Steve,

Don't you mean 22.5° ? (360/16)

Regards,
by NO0C
Sat 10 Nov 2012 8:44 pm
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: Question
Replies: 6
Views: 3727

Re: Question

Perhaps your wind direction sensor and/or wiring from it to the transmitter is fubar.
by NO0C
Thu 18 Oct 2012 4:32 am
Forum: Homebuilt
Topic: Rain gauge
Replies: 8
Views: 4824

Re: Rain gauge

Hi Spider-Vice, The first thing I would do is move the sensor outside http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/ad329/NO0C/Smilies%20Etc/rotfl2.gif http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/ad329/NO0C/Smilies%20Etc/just20kidding.gif 24 mm ? Wow that's a lot of rain compared to this drought stricken area of the wo...
by NO0C
Wed 17 Oct 2012 2:01 pm
Forum: Homebuilt
Topic: Another DIY radiation shield (FARS of better: SFARS)
Replies: 22
Views: 20987

Re: Another DIY radiation shield (FARS of better: SFARS)

Hi henkg,

I like your design and ingenuity.

How about adding another elbow to your BOM and making it undeniably waterproof ?

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Just a brain storm.

Regards,
by NO0C
Sun 16 Sep 2012 8:28 pm
Forum: Homebuilt
Topic: Progress on Mounting WX Station
Replies: 11
Views: 7373

Re: Progress on Mounting WX Station

Hi all, Because I measured .06" of rain on a breezy day without a cloud in the sky http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/ad329/NO0C/Smilies%20Etc/banghead-1.gif and the threat of spiders and leaves nesting in the rain sensor, I moved my rainfall sensor to a different location on the same tower leg...