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Weather Station Hardware => Oregon Scientific Hardware => Topic started by: mortderire on October 04, 2017, 11:36:35 AM
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Hi folks,
First post here,
I was bought a WMR89A, as a gift just over two years ago.
The wind sensor on it was never accurate.
Local weather report would indicate windows of 30kph, it would 10kph.
I assumed for a long time it (2 years), that the mounting position was at fault.
That the wind was being deflected by my house, so recently I erected the a 3.5 meter pole and vaulted the sensor over my house.
No improvement.
So its on a 3.5 meter pole, over a house, that sits at the top of a hill (literally) - so its not the position.
Does anybody help have these sensors?
I would buy a replacement, if I thought it would work any better.
Ray K
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I have the old WMR968 at 10m, i then bought a Davis VP2 and mounted it at the same height
I thought it was much slower, but then i relaised that the Davis transmits ever 2.5 seconds and
the OS about 14 seconds, cause of that lag, the OS misses many decent gusts.......
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Yeah,
That is my sense also - I have a 433Mhz receiver, and it transmits about every 14 seconds.
It doesn't have the granularity then.
Thanks,
Ray K
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I am in the same situation. I was frustrated with my OS station. Davis makes a much better station. You can get a very accurate Davis Vue for a reasonable price if you don't need all the bells and whistles.
Good luck! :)
I have the old WMR968 at 10m, i then bought a Davis VP2 and mounted it at the same height
I thought it was much slower, but then i relaised that the Davis transmits ever 2.5 seconds and
the OS about 14 seconds, cause of that lag, the OS misses many decent gusts.......