Blitzortung.org Sensors

[Gerald Wolczanski]

Boy, Googling "lightning detector" opened up a whole new universe of
circuits and ideas, both professional and amateur.

Jerry
KI4IO


On Fri, 2014-07-18 at 19:05 -0700, Tom Azlin W7SUA wrote:
> Hi Frank.
> 
> I was thinking after reading their site to buy a kit and set up a sensor 
> out here in Arizona. Good thunderstorm country.
> 
> 73, tom w7sua
> 
> On 7/18/2014 2:37 PM, fgentges at mindspring.com wrote:
> > tacoistas,
> >
> > I enjoy looking at the lightning maps on the web from      Blitzortung.org.
> >
> > A bit of looking and I find there is a group in Europe that is behind
> > the information display.  They have people all over the world that run
> > lightning detectors and then relay they data to a central server.  That
> > data is combined and the display we see is developed.
> >
> > Perhaps more interesting is that anyone can build a kit and join the
> > data effort.  The kit will run about 200 Euros or about $270 usd.  The
> > kit looks well within the AMRAD people's skill level.  A link to the
> > details is at:
> >
> > http://www.blitzortung.org/Documents/TOA_Blitzortung_RED.pdf?1405715600
> >
> > We should have someone (or perhaps more) build up a kit and  join in
> > their effort.  It looks like the group is down for a few weeks and then
> > should be back in the kit side of things.
> >
> > Any interest?
> >
> > Frank K0BRA
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