Today, all the equipment arrived from Ambient Weather.
I must say... EXCELLENT support already from them. Fast shipping and I had many questions that were answered before I placed my order. I'll be buying a lot more gear from them in the future!
Okay, now I have a 33 lb. box of goodies... that is now spread out all over the place.
When all this stuff arrived... was anyone else a bit overwhelmed?
I'm planning on installing XP Pro (very stripped down) on a VIA EPIA system I have (currently running Ubuntu Studio - need to pull out the Audigy II ZS card and put in the Boltek Stormtracker PCI card - I hope it fits) as a dedicated weather computer. I've been *very* interested in weather for a very long time. My history with weather stations dates back to when my dad designed the original Heathkit ID-4001. If anyone is interested in some history... he drove around in a Toyota with the anemometer mounted to the top of it with a 2x4 testing the calibration (it was actually tested in a wind tunnel during the design phase for the wind cups). Funny thing is, he got pulled over and had to explain WHY he had all this gear strapped to the top of the car. Anyway, back in 1977 or so, we had one of our ID-4001's connected to a Heathkit H-8 with a prototype Votrax speech synthesizer that would wake us up and tell us the current weather. That was a LONG time ago. Now, with this new system... I plan on doing SO much more. I'm very excited!
Anyway, freezing rain right now... the ground is still frozen here in central Indiana, so I can't put in the post to mount the ISS just yet, but I'm SO ready to get it all up and running.
I've been doing a lot of reding on this site and want to thank everyone for all the posts I've read so far.
More to come later... I'm building a lake level sensor to measure the water level in our lake. That should be fun to get on a website and in a chart. I'm SURE I'll have questions... I just can't sleep. I NEED to get this up and going!
Again, a SPECIAL thanks to Ed and Ambient Weather! I'll buy ALL my weather gear from them.