I'm building my first weather station and I've settled on getting a WS-5000-ARRAY and a GW1100 to start, but I'm trying to figure out where I would put it before I make the plunge. I don't have a ladder, so I can't get on the roof.
With that in mind, I have a few other ideas for mounting places using a 10-foot pole. I know they will all have less than stellar accuracy but I'd like you guys' input on which location would be the best out of the 4.
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Or if you have a better idea for a location, I'm all ears.
can you tell us the orientation of that photo (which way is North) and what the prevailing wind direction is? Is that road just an access road or a busy one? Is your house single or multi storey?
Up is North in the photo, prevailing wind is west, it's a relatively busy road, and a single storey house.
thanks
As other have said I think 2 looks best, it shouldn't be in the lee of your house, which is single storey anyway and it's the max distance from the trees
All locations are a compromise, especially for a combined sensor package.
Be aware that your temp sensor is going to be in full sun and will probably over-read, especially in the summer. At some stage it might be worth getting a separate temp sensor and locating it on the north side of your property
Think about maintenance, at the very least you will need to change batteries so if you can allow for swinging the mounting pole down (not across the road
) without hurting yourself or the sensor package! Depending on how stiff your pole is you may need to think where you would put guy ropes without restricting access
Finally, having chosen your location dry assemble everything and make sure it works before committing! You may need to fine-tune to ensure radio signals get from the. Sensor to your WiFi router via the gateway
Good luck!!
