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Subject: Re: Weather instruments
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Date: 9 Nov 89 20:30:00 GMT
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>I'd like to build a weather station ( portable ) and all of the
>current systems are REAL expensive.. ( ie > $100 ). I know that
>Heathkit has one but I thought I could throw together a windspeed
>and direction system for less money than that. I'd be happy with
>analog. Has anybody seen sources for the anemeters(sp) and the 
>vanes.


>thanks   bobm

A possible source is the catalogue from:

Wind and Weather
The Albion Street Water Tower
P.O. Box 2320
Mendocino, CA 95460

However, I would not be optimistic that this job will come in under budget.
Their cheapest anemometer (other than a plastic vane) is $91.  Edmund Scientificmay beat their prices by 10-20%, but that probably is a ballpark number.
Depending on what you want to use it for, there is a handheld anemometer called
a Turbo Meter ($135) which has good sensitivity and quick response time.  (Storm
chasers use it with a compass to get quick wind observations.)
Good luck.
____________________________________________________________________________
Harold Brooks                   Internet/Bitnet:brooks@uiatma.atmos.uiuc.edu
Dept of Atmospheric Sciences    UUCP:{uunet,convex}!uiucuxc!uiatma!brooks
University of Illinois