Now that I've completed my PhD (and am "Dr. Nathan Parker"), I have more time on my hands to work and earn back the money I paid into my college. I'm still at Earth Networks (many of you probably remember me from the WeatherBug Backyard Community). With the merger of Earth Networks and Davis under AEM, I'll be taking on some cross-brand work for AEM. One of those areas will be tackling some tech support for Davis due to my knowledge of Davis hardware and services. I'll likely be starting out with email support, but I may also be answering the phone sometime when you call into Davis Support.

If WxForum needs a Davis rep here as an admin or moderator on any of the Davis forums, I'd be willing to jump in. Not sure how active I'll be since I'm focusing a lot of email support for them, but I can check in from time to time and watch the discussions.

Expect to see some product training videos and articles from me on the Davis website as well coming up. I've done a lot of product training for Earth Networks, so I'm going to carry some of that over into the Davis side of things. If there are particular Frequently Asked Questions you'd like to see articles or videos on, let me know, and I'll see what can be done about adding them to their support page. Since I've owned a ton of Davis hardware over the years and even completely disassembled and re-assembled a VP2 (and it still worked), I think I have a little bit of experience on troubleshooting Davis hardware.

Simple. The other guy said aviation got it right, and I explained why. The "altimeter" was a dirty word when I joined this forum umpteen years ago, and is now becoming the norm because it's what the public gets from the media, and it makes comparisons an apple to apple thing. Exactly the argument I made back then. Not difficult.

My response was the fact you agreed

...Aviation had to get it right. It's used for vertical separation from other aircraft and terrain below 18,000' (FL180).

don't condone adding to the confusion.

The public gets crap from everywhere but the worst offenders are manufacturers condoning the lowest common denominator, much like the 6313 is clearly not an international product with only an Altimeter provision, the rest of the world does not think like the US   

It is crazy. Did you notice the picture of the RAWS site they disqualified? I can’t speak to the instrumentation, but the siting looks exceptional. I’ve been waiting, for years now, on the 130°F Death Valley temp. The climate extremes committee are looking at one from 2020 and 2021. Still nothing out. Speculation that they might be considering decertifying the 134°F record.
https://stormbruiser.com/chase/2023/11/29/the-death-valley-temperature-record-is-being-fought-over/

In any case, the Furnace Creek station used the CS215 temp/rh probe which utilizes the SHT75. It’s crazy to me they were using that sensor (in a tiny, poorly sited passive shield) at a climate station with that kind of public interest.

At least Dr Baker and Campbell Scientific seem to have a serious interest …
https://www.campbellsci.com/blog/death-valley-collaboration-update
https://stormbruiser.com/chase/2022/09/06/detailed-afternoon-temperature-comparisons-at-furnace-creek-in-death-valley-in-july-2021/

But I digress …

WOW, I can't believe they accepted the UTAH record High from that location. Notice the FARS read about a degree lower, so they thought it was all good. WHAT? That location doesn't meet siting guidelines for temperature or rainfall.
And that's a block fence, they get hotter than hell. And so close to the house.
I don't get it at all.

.... Aviation had to get it right. It's used for vertical separation from other aircraft and terrain below 18,000' (FL180).

But QNH and associates are not set and forget, an aircraft requests/sets QNH to take off, then an area QNH, then the local QNH prior to landing. I just wisthpeople wouldn't keep on confusing people with such stuff that is really not relevant to the normal everyday weather station user.