Hello Everyone,
I am pretty new around here, been interested in Computers for a long time now and the weather has always been facinating to me but i didnt know anything about the possibility of having your own home weather station.
I hope that you don't mind me asking a few questions?
The station i have been looking at is the WS-1080 i have heard some good things and some bat things about it, lots of people here seem to have Davis stations but i am not sure i want to spend that much money on something i am not sure i will get into if that makes sense.
Would the WS-1080 be a good starting station, i was hoping to run it into a computer on my local network and capture the data in Weather Display as this is supposed to be the cream of the crop when it comes to software?
I was planning on mounting the station on the roof of my shed (see below) their is a yeak at the front of the shed where i was going to screw some brackets onto which will hold it in place.
My next question is where does the display need to be in order for it to 'talk' to the station? Does it have to be in line of sight, this is where the entrance to the house is which is the rear
Their is a small area inside the house where i was planning installing the computer along with a small webcam, if the display would work here. you can make out the distance from the first picture as i was inside the house when i took that so the garden is not that large.
My office is at the front of the house and if i wanted to mount the station at the back i don't think that the radio would reach that far, although without actually testing it i wouldn't know, but if someone has any idea or suggestions around this it would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry for rambling
Many Thanks
Richard