Hi again Box and thanks so much for the input.
I'm in Culmstock, in the Culm valley between Wellington and Tiverton so don't get a lot of seagulls but plenty of small birds.
6mt pole! Is that attached to the house or free standing and guyed in the garden? What's it made of? I like that for ease of access to the anemometer.
Maybe go for separate items, that way most of the stuff can be at ground level, I must have a look how this works as never owned one before!
Its worth considering - Vasco has all the criteria there
Of course if you don't have the space then you may need to have an all-in-one and it depends what you are trying to measure/achieve with your station. But it is always going to be a compromise location.
For me I wanted to be reasonably accurate and I had the space to place my sensors as follows:
Separate external temperature sensor on the north wall of our house (so its always in shade) in a radiation shiled (not a very expensive one but good enough as weather protection) at 5 feet in height with a mount that takes it off the wall about 6 inches
Rain sensor in our small field, attached to a handy bit of tubing (post off an old trampoline!) at 4 feet above grass (thats important as it stops rain bouncing off concrete or hard standing into the collector) and 30 odd feet clear of trees etc. The rain collector in an all-in-one can suffer from rain being blown into it, especially if its placed at height which is what you need for accurate wind measurement
Anemometer is on a 6 metre pole (2 x10ft aluminium poles that screw together) as far way from our trees as we can get it without going into the neighbour's garden. I tried it without guy ropes but planned for three guys (two by the boundary fence and one into our small field) just in case they were needed - and they were. Of course stiffer tubing may mean you wouldn't need it, but that's heavier. I mounted the pole onto a length of 3x3 salvaged from an old pergola, that in turn is mounted on another bit of 3x3 securely cemented into the ground. They are attached by two large bolts that go through both pieces of wood, and if I undo the upper one and take it out I can hinge on the bottom one and drop it down for maintenance
Things with separates is that they all have to communicate with your gateway unit or console, so check they can do so before you do anything permanent. I had to move the gateway unit to another room so that it could 'see' the anemometer pole (which was the farthest away) through a window
That was my basic set-up, since then I have added a temperature sensor for the pond (make sure I don't let it freeze!) and air quality sensor which is in the garage right next to an open window
I discussed all this on these forums - lots of useful advice, especially about mountings - didn't think of it all by myself!!
I attach some photos, the anemometer in the photos is my original WS69 cup anemometer since replaced with a WS80
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