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Jake Averill

(2/3) So... Get a similar station, or do I invest in something better?

I decided to upgrade to a Davis Vantage Vue station with USB data logger/interface. They seem to have a great reputation. It won't measure anything the old station didn't, but the outdoor unit is a single part, which is neater, and can charge up using it's solar panel.

It's also fully compatible with the WeeWX software that I had been using with my old station!

A picture of the box that the Davis Vantage Vue weather station comes in, and next to it, a smaller box for the Davis WeatherLink USB data logger
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Jake Averill

(3/3) Set up was a breeze. I quickly had the outdoor unit assembled and mounted in the garden.
It's just one unit so there are no messy cables.

The console's great and shows lots of info with the push of a few buttons.

Then it was time to re-familiarise myself with WeeWX. It's running well and reporting into CWOP, PWS, WOW, AWEKAS and Weather Underground. It's also got its own site wx.ja91.uk/

I'm really happy with it so far!

The new weather station mounted on the same pole the old one was.
The console display with backlight enabled. It shows the current time, date, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, total rainfall for the day, indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity, the dew point temperature, a graph of the barometric pressure trend and a descriptive summary, which says "BAR FALLING SLOWLY".
Jake Averill

If anyone has any questions about this, feel free to ask.

Now I need to learn some more advanced meteorological terms yn Gymraeg and perhaps at some point try localising WeeWX into Welsh 🤔

Mar 23, 2023, 08:51 PM·Public·Mastodon for Android
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