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Hamilton Boltek installed, online!

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wahoooo! yeah! soo much thanks to Ricky for coming down today and helping (well everything pretty much!) chuck that boltek on the top of the pole here.

http://www.hamiltonweather.co.nz/ and hit stormvue live :)

Just got the screen image grab at the moment up there, getting that java applet to run will be next..
Still have to play with the ranging settings.. will take a while, can't WAIT for some upper NI storms now.. the triangulation with ricky's boltek should be excellent :D

Thanks to Steven Graham also for the maps.

Cheers :D
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Foggy Hamilton wrote:wahoooo! yeah! soo much thanks to Ricky for coming down today and helping (well everything pretty much!) chuck that boltek on the top of the pole here.

http://www.hamiltonweather.co.nz/ and hit stormvue live :)

Just got the screen image grab at the moment up there, getting that java applet to run will be next..
Still have to play with the ranging settings.. will take a while, can't WAIT for some upper NI storms now.. the triangulation with ricky's boltek should be excellent :D

Thanks to Steven Graham also for the maps.

Cheers :D
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:lol: :lol:

I hope for your sake foggy that Gary is wrong. ;)
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hehehe.. just lucky it's installed before spring then!
May see some storms fire up Monday.

ricky, am really wowed by the comparasion with what your showing!
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that's nice :)
We'll be able to compare your one to Ricky's :D

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i think it will be well tested soon if this low is as intense as what the models are predicting :D
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good stuff there Foggy, this will be a valuable asset, especialy for CB's that ricky is a bit shadowed from :)
well done

my main concern with getting one here is the neighbours shorting electric fences would cause lots of false readings...
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sensational website there foggy, its the best 'local weather' site i have seen thats for sure.

And yes mondee/tuesdee next week should test your gear..... :arrow:

models are showing an almost exact situation to the last low we had. This will no doubt be followed by a spell of much colder weather.

So let me get this right, hamilton now has the following:-

1) V8 supercars
2) WRC rally and special stages
3) 2010 Rowing world champs
4) One helluva nice river
5) Great local weather website
6) The highest occurance of Chlamydia :shock:
7) The best type 1 soils in NZ
8) Firecats

what more do you need eh?
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That Boltek antenna is up so clear and high!! Should work much better than the auckland one here :) I think we almost got the direction right too..
Cant wait to see a correlation, seem to be picking up all the same activity :D
Now I can go and make the same mount to get mine up properly too
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Very cool site... A bit slow for us folk on dial up, but hey, I am patient...

Well done... 8)
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spike_01 wrote:Very cool site... A bit slow for us folk on dial up, but hey, I am patient...

Well done... 8)
The tables are really nicely done though. I think they're the best and tidiest I've seen. Definitely still considering stealing them! :lol:
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LOL c-nimbus! :D though you missed the upcoming fieldays! :D

Gary, there is nothing there to steal, use the layout at your will. ;)

got the java viewer running now..
http://www.hamiltonweather.co.nz/lightn ... rmVue.html
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great stuff fogster!
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Foggy Hamilton wrote:got the java viewer running now..
That's allowed me to include the detector in the correlation system. You should see the results here: http://www.templeton.gen.nz/weather/SVcorrelated.html

... if there was anything happening, of course ;)

I've started work on a new system which should give better correlation and triangulation results especially for shorter distances between detectors.
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Where else do we need a Boltek?
Do we seem to have the country covered? :-k
Maybe BlueSkies should buy one and ...stick it up on the West Coast somewhere??? :roll: :roll: :D

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C-Nimbus wrote:1) V8 supercars
Thats all ya need... ;)
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They're welcome to them!
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Very nice to see a another boltek!! :P
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03Stormchaser wrote:Very nice to see a another boltek!! :P
Awesome, great work! :D I agree. ;) The more the merrier :D 8)
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:Where else do we need a Boltek?
Do we seem to have the country covered? :-k
Maybe BlueSkies should buy one and ...stick it up on the West Coast somewhere??? :roll: :roll: :D

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I still plan to get one for Benmore Peak. At 1,894m it should provide at least some West Coast coverage. Heck, I can almost see the West Coast from the top of Benmore! :D
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From up there you'll probably be tracking storms from west Australia! :lol:
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ricky wrote:From up there you'll probably be tracking storms from west Australia! :lol:
Do they have them there? :lol:
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