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Reply MLBaron

10:10 AM on April 27, 2010

A MESSAGE FROM THE FAIRHAVEN HARBORMASTER:
As Harbormaster I need to thank you for the great information I get from your site. With the addition of Mr Jeff. Vercellone to your team it's going to better.
Dave Darmofal
Harbormaster, Fairhaven, MA

Reply MLBaron

06:39 AM on February 12, 2010

Thanks Wes!
Sometimes I wonder if anybody really likes this stuff, then somebody like you comes along and says thanks. So I'll keep taking pics!

The whole weather cycle has changed recently and you guys feel it worse then we do, ,because we have active winters most of the time in New England. Why don't you join my site westislandweather.com and you'll be able to post your own photos and video on the site. If you haven't yet, check the site out, You might enjoy it.

I hope to see your weather data posted soon on WeatherUnderground. If you need any assistance let me know.

Kindest Regards
MLBaron KA1WBH
West Island Weather Station

Reply MLBaron

06:37 AM on February 12, 2010

RECENTLY POSTED ON WIWS FLICKR SITE: FEB 11, 10

I live in the mtns of NC. I just spent more then an hour looking at your awesome pictures. In the past couple months I've put up a weather station of my own. This is the first real winter we have had here in several years. Back in the 70's we had weather like this every winter. Of course I was in high school and didn't have a care in the world. :-) We got 10in. of snow and 2 in. of sleet on that, from the Feb 5 storm. I also posted a few pictures around the our house. Theres no way I could comment every picture you have, so here is my thanks to you! What you may think goes unseen, is oh so beautiful! Your work is awesome!

Thanks
Wes

Reply MLBaron

12:23 PM on January 09, 2010

MLBaron says...
Hi Hank-
The lack of gust and rain parameters are indeed a feature that is frustrating. My WeatherFlash certainly covers that problem with ease. Also the rapid-fire on WU doesn't digest the IP uploads. These are well known issues with the IP. However still a nice rig, with NO PC! You should find a virtually seamless upload with this station with very few interruptions.

ML

FROM HANK N1LTV

NEW STATION ON LINE FROM WEST ISLAND‏
Good morning ML,

That's very interesting about the direct link! I've been wanting to
design such an interface because I dislike having to use a big energy
guzzling PC for 24 hour a day logging purposes. The Copicut Woods
station uses milliwatts of power (except for the brief times when it
transmits), and if I redesigned for maximum energy conservation, it
could be brought to under a milliwatt!

The trouble is that implementing an ethernet connection with
microcontrollers is fairly difficult, and then there's an additional
complication in using free websites as I like to do, because free websites never provide a static IP address.

When I speak of websites, I'm talking not of APRS Findu, Wunderground
or Davis, but my own website with *my own data ingestion*. I believe
your WIWS is on a free website, but you use other people's facilities to generate the various displays you have on WIWS website (through links
to them) to display your weather data.

Take a look at this and notice how the other local guy with a Davis
Link is also missing gust and rain parameters just as you are:

http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxnear.cgi?zip=02740&popsub=Fin
d

I'd like to speak with you on the phone soon about this, and solar
radiation sensors.

Hank

Reply MLBaron

12:21 PM on January 09, 2010

FROM HANK N1LTV

NEW STATION ON LINE FROM WEST ISLAND‏
Good morning ML,

That's very interesting about the direct link! I've been wanting to
design such an interface because I dislike having to use a big energy
guzzling PC for 24 hour a day logging purposes. The Copicut Woods
station uses milliwatts of power (except for the brief times when it
transmits), and if I redesigned for maximum energy conservation, it
could be brought to under a milliwatt!

The trouble is that implementing an ethernet connection with
microcontrollers is fairly difficult, and then there's an additional
complication in using free websites as I like to do, because free websites never provide a static IP address.

When I speak of websites, I'm talking not of APRS Findu, Wunderground
or Davis, but my own website with *my own data ingestion*. I believe
your WIWS is on a free website, but you use other people's facilities to generate the various displays you have on WIWS website (through links
to them) to display your weather data.

Take a look at this and notice how the other local guy with a Davis
Link is also missing gust and rain parameters just as you are:

http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxnear.cgi?zip=02740&popsub=Find

I'd like to speak with you on the phone soon about this, and solar
radiation sensors.

Hank

Reply MLBaron

10:29 AM on January 09, 2010

FROM BOB ON WEATHERBONK POSTED JAN 6, 2010:
Bob at 01-06-10 said:
Unreal, brings back great memories. Spent the best summers of my life in the 60's on Cottonwood St. West Island, Earls Marina, community house jutebox nights.Great memories

Reply MLBaron

01:22 PM on January 04, 2010

GREAT GRANDFATHER PHOTO DISCOVERED ON WIWS WEB SITE:

"Hello! I just wanted to thank you for a delightful surprise this morning--I looked for my great-grandfather Hap Hazard on Google and found a photo of him that I'd never seen before with your story on the Fairhaven website. Delighted to see it--thank you! Sincerely, Melissa Hart --Melissa HartAuthor/UO Journalism Teacher" SEE FAIRHAVEN AIRPORT LINK: http://www.westislandweather.com/fairhavenairport.htm

Reply MLBaron

11:26 AM on December 27, 2009

from Fabrizio in Italy: hello,

you are ever number one!!!!

your site is beautiful.

where I can take this instruments? http://westislandwx.com/WeatherFlash.htm are beautiful

I anticipate the : happy new year!!!!!!!