Will you be comparing the readings from the RM Young and the Davis anemometers?
I've thought about that, but of course there really isn't any "easy" way to do that without a second console AFAIK. I still do have the ends of both cables running into the ISS so I can change them over if one fails, but that also requires changing the wind cup calibration in the VP2 console setup, so it's not just a matter of only swapping the plugs.
It does seem to me after some casual observation over the last week that the RM Young appears to be much more responsive in both wind speed and direction, particularly in low speed conditions. I've noticed several times in very light wind conditions that the big tail on the Young will swing it around into the wind, while the Davis vane doesn't even move. Same thing with the Young propeller, it will start spinning in the slightest breeze, while the Davis cups are still motionless.
Also, reading through some of the technical manuals, it appears that the RM Young propeller rpm is much higher than the Davis cups - and I can attest to this given what I've seen. In low speed conditions the Davis cups are just lazily turning in the breeze, while the Young already looks like an airplane with its prop spinning for takeoff! This should be really interesting in the winter during our frequent high-wind storms, I can't imagine what the propeller will look like then. But these seem to be units of choice on many of the DOT roadside weather stations, so I guees they are built to take the speed.
