RE: Cumulus Weather software (free) now supports xAP and the Maplin weather station

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ouch indeed. I'm not actually *that* serious about weather data, - I
just w=
ant some reliable, local information to populate some info on my
touchscree=
n controller that I'm currently designing. - I have no interest in
becoming=
an amateur meteorologist, so I can't justify spending lots on a weather st=
ation. I'd happily spend =A360-=A370 though, if I could modify it to run
wi=
thout needing much (any?) maintenance by removing the need to change
batter=
ies...
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Paul G.
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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx on behalf of Jim Noble
Sent: Wed 26/11/2008 09:22
To: UKHA Group
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Cumulus Weather software (free) now supports xAP and
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the Maplin weather station



Paul Gale wrote:
> Paul - the alternative to the Maplin system is something like the
Oregon =
(which has solar powered rechargeable batteries and also a backup standard
=
battery system). Trouble is, it's a lot more expensive with all of the
sens=
ors added in (wind speed/direction, temp, humidity, rain collector etc) at
=
around =A3340.
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Ouch :-( You could have had a Davis Vantage Pro2 for that much...

Jim

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