• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

weather station question

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jshields

i own a wireless weather station and recently noticed a problem with it. the wind direction that is displayed on the base unit inside has become opposite of what the true reading should be, i.e. it's showing a south wind direction when the wind is really out of the north. this has gone on for almost a week now and happens with any direction of wind. the anemometer, temp sensor, and rain gauge is literally on the peak of my roof, and looking at it today, it appears to not have turned at all(i remember the setup of the equipment and what piece was on each arm), and we haven't had a strong enough wind to turn it lately anyways. there is a chance i suppose it did turn exactly 180 degrees, but like i said it seems like it's in the same position. assuming the Earth's poles have not switched, has anyone had any problems like this with their weather station before?! i removed the batteries from the station and tried to reset it, but that didn't help. the station is only about 2 years old. i have noticed that every once in a while on the display it shows only the wind speed and not even a direction arrow for the wind direction. it seems as if this piece of info doesn't get transmitted to the base unit sometimes. sorry to waste anyone's time, but i was just curious if anyone had any ideas or if the station is just probably malfunctioning.
 
Is it a Davis, in the manual of those has instructions on how to set it. Generally you have to set the vane at north (and keep it there) and then the console is set.

Another option is to disengage the vane, spin the inner pin till it is N on the console, then place the vane back on facing north and tighten the set screw. That in-itself might be the issue too...the vane is just loose on the pin.

But let us know which station you have, and perhaps a good search will reveal the instructions on how to set it.
 
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