Yeee Harrrrrrr !!! new toy has arrived...
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Yeee Harrrrrrr !!! new toy has arrived...
Both the Boltek stormtracker and the Nexstorm software arrived today so looking like a busy weekend coming up...
Have location and housing sorted out, unsure if I need to use utp or stp cat5e - will suss that out soon I guess...
next will be to fine tune it and get it up and running online...
any advice???
Have location and housing sorted out, unsure if I need to use utp or stp cat5e - will suss that out soon I guess...
next will be to fine tune it and get it up and running online...
any advice???
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GREAT!!! With the four bolteks up here now the correlation will be just as good as the MetService's trackers
Get that boltek as high above the roof as possible!
Are you housing it in a PVC pipe? Ricky's done that to mine and Brian's.. and I rarely record strikes from noise (e.g. light switching) here, so it's pretty good.
Get that boltek as high above the roof as possible!
Are you housing it in a PVC pipe? Ricky's done that to mine and Brian's.. and I rarely record strikes from noise (e.g. light switching) here, so it's pretty good.
Quoted for truth!Manukau heads observer wrote:now need some thunderstorms!
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According to some Aussies on a lightning detector group last week, the cheapest place to get a Boltek is Provantage http://www.provantage.com/boltek-stormt ... OLT001.htmAndrew Massie wrote:Now... can someone tell me the supplier/website please
I'd guess that would be about $650 at the current exchange rate including customs GST and allowing US$30 for shipping.
The best place for the Nexstorm software seems to be the UK e.g. http://www.meteorologica.co.uk/product. ... =&PT_ID=82
That would be about $240 including shipping and there shouldn't be GST if it's a personal import.
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Do you mean http://www.sphere.net.au/site/prod_info.php?itemId=124 ?
They want almost A$330 without shipping Most deliveries from the UK only take about 5 days by airmail.
They want almost A$330 without shipping Most deliveries from the UK only take about 5 days by airmail.
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Hey we could run a Telethon for a Boltec for me... "Thank you very much for your kind donation, thank you very much, thank you very very very much"...
Just a thought
Just a thought
There is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes.
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yup that is the next mission and also to level the mast guy ropes on the pole used for the antenna...Manukau heads observer wrote:i see you have the nexstorm png on your weather web site, good!!
next to get stormvue working (which is on the nexstorm CD)
tell me, is nexstorm meant to come with a manual?
while the wind blows and the sun shines, a lttle boy waits.... praying for thunder...
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up and running - need to do some fine tuning and orientation
up and running - need to do some fine tuning and orientation
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