Earlier in the year I had committed to get a Blitzortung station built and to have Komoka, Ontario join as part of the network, and during that process in June I attended the London Amateur Radio Club’s (LARC) International Museums Weekend
Event that they were having in Komoka, just down the street from my house, to hopefully learn a bit about radio signals, aerials, noise, interference, etc. The (
www.larc.ca) Club members at the
Museum event were extremely helpful as I ecstatically talked about my weather station, my website, and my expected Blitzortung network station. Due to circumstances station 1076 has been shelved. Now, a few months later LARC contacted me and asked if I would be willing to attend one of their Club meetings as a guest speaker to talk to them about my station and site. I agreed and will be attending their February meeting.
Now my questions is to the good folks here on what I should talk about to such an audience. I can handle much of what is related to my Davis VP2 and my B-L Sunrecorder, and my trials and tribulations in getting and operating a weather website, etc. However my knowledge on lightning detection and Blitzortung is still very limited. Any suggestions on what and how I can make that a productive session for HAM enthusiasts? What material, if any, should I bring? Anything else?
My contact at LARC said that he could put me in touch with a couple of members of their Club to help with constructing the lightning detector if I wanted and I will have to think about this. Maybe this will be an opportunity to promote Blitzortung in Southwestern Ontario?
Paul
