Topic: New 2 CWOP.

[DanS]

I just signed up with CWOP and started sending wx data successfully as DW2642. However when I select "My Summary" (on WUHU) I get a "DW2642 station not found". Also, checking my position I see I'm over in the Mexico peninsula area. My lat/long info is correct. Lat. is close but long. is on the other side of the globe. When anyone else signed up do you remember a waiting period to be acknowleged and setup? I'm thinking that I just haven't been entered or registered and once I am everything will click.?.?.

[floodcaster]

Is this you?
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxpage.cgi?call=DW2642

[DanS]

Is this you?
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxpage.cgi?call=DW2642

Yes it is.

[mackbig]

that is strange. Maybe it does take more than a few days to get on the wxqa and gladstone sites.
I checked you lat/long on the findu raw data, and it puts you in thailand.

Andrew

[DanS]

I played with different lat/long programs and I feel I have it nailed down within inches in accuracy. I guess I'll give it some time because signing up on a friday evening (time there) may have something to do with it.

[kray1000]

I checked Dan's location and it's currently plotting his station in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.  The coordinates that are shown in the raw data packet appear to be correct, however.  Strange indeed.

As I recall, it does take a few days for the summaries to start. 

[DanS]

Thanks Kevin. No prob for now just curious if anyone remembered back when they signed up if it took several days to come together.

Cheers,
Dan

[mackbig]

Dan,
dont remember, it was one of those ronco set it and forget it type things.   found my welcome email, came from russ chadwick at noaa, it came two business days after I initially got my id.   also looked at the members text, it only goes up to DW2639.  There is mention in the email about weekly update, and north america...  Anyway posted below for your review.

Andrew

Hi,
 
I've checked the plotted locations of each of your weather stations using this URL,
 
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?call=CWxxxx
 
and each of your designators (CW8618, CW8617, CW8616, CW8614, CW8611, CW8607, CW8596, CW8594, CW8593, CW8592, CW8589, CW8584, CW8579, CW8573, CW8570, CW8549, CW8526) and found they were all reasonably close to the "nearby town" that each of you indicated.  If I've made an error, let me know as I've attached your station information to the APRSWXNETStation.txt that controls things.  That file is loaded under item 2 on this page,
 
http://www.wxqa.com/memberlists.html
 
Or you can use this search tool to search the member lists,
 
http://www.wxqa.com/search.htm
 
Look over your entry and make sure that I have things the way you want.  Latitude and longitude is in decimal degrees and elevation is in meters.  The APRS format can locate to within about 20 meters.  If you readjust the lat/long numbers, be sure and tell me so I can update the CWOP database which is different from the findu database.
 
Your data should show up on the NOAA mesonet map web page on Wednesday afternoon after the weekly update which starts at 1500 UTC Tuesday.
 
If your weather station is located in North America, after this Wednesday, your data will be quality checked by the MADIS system and the hourly results available here.  The QC results can be e-mailed to you.  There is also an e-mail reflector QC discussion group.  See item # 1 on this page,
 
http://www.wxqa.com/aprswxnetqc.html
 
Your data are more useful to users, such as the NWS, if forecasters can see how your sensors are sited.  Instructions on how to take and upload images are here,
 
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/brookevilleweather/flickr_setup.html
 
Check this link for system status and other CWOP news (RSS feed is available there),
 
http://www.wxqa.com/news.html
 
Here's an access form for all of the CWOP data.  Note that the last item in the shortform list (check/server) can be used to check the status of aprs-is servers.
 
http://www.wxqa.com/shortform.html
 
Use the link below if you'd like to download the logo,
 
http://wxqa.com/archive/cwp_logo.gif
 
Here is a 2.2 Mbyte pdf file of a CWOP Guide on aspects of weather station operation that was prepared by Dave Helms (CW0351),
 
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dshelms/CWOP_Guide.pdf
 
If you have any questions, please contact me or Dave Helms (CW0351) in cc above.  If you should change your e-mail address, let one of us know.
 
Russ   KB0TVJ
 
Note:  If you get an error message like "Socket error" or something similar when you try to connect and send data to one of the servers, then check this URL, http://www.wxqa.com/checkservers.html to see which servers are up and working.  Then go to this URL, http://www.wxqa.com/activecwd.html and under item # 2 select one of the working servers and change your software to use that server.
 
 
 

[DanS]

Thanks Andrew. As you mentioned, "two business days .." and in the text you've sent, "updated weekly .." kind of sounds like I'm just rushing things.
Appreciate the information. Lots of good stuff.

Dan

[DanS]

Thanks, that's what I'm starting to understand now with replies I'm seeing. I shouldn't ass u me that everything is automatic and starts working right away. 

[SlowModem]

Hey, just enjoy being in tropical Mexico!     I know you're tired of that cold, wintery weather over there in Thailand.   

That LORAN location in WUHU is very particular.  One little thing being off will screw everything up.   

By the way, have you heard that it may take a couple of days to get everything working like it should?   

edit - look at the "Stations Nearby" page http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxnear.cgi?call=DW2642  The closest one is 4800 miles away in New Zealand.  Hmmm.

[mackbig]

Dan
You are on the wxqa site now.  No quality reports, but since no stations around you, perhaps that wont happen.
http://www.wxqa.com/cgi-bin/search1.cgi?keyword=DW2642

Map function still wonky. First click put you in middle of the bay of bengal, second click put you just accross the border into myanmar, third click in Thailand near Pai....??

Andrew

[DanS]

Hi Andrew. I just received an email from Russ Chadwick (NOAA) saying "that my location coodinates where entered wrong and that I was positioned in Mexico. Please follow the lat/long instructions ...". I replied that I was entering the position per the instructions. I found that if I enter the coodinates of a town just east of Guatalajara Mexico it then puts me near my home here in Thailand. I've tweaked it and now it correctly shows where I live even though the longitude numbers are for the other side of the globe. Thailand is now the "far west". I'll leave it set wrong so it shows me in the right place unless instructed otherwise.