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 Hanson Anemometer
 Solar Intensity Sensor
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Station Info and Data

Taunton, MA 2W
 Baltimore, MD 4SW
Millersville, MD 1SE
Pasadena, MD 3SW
New Harbor, ME 1SE
Cumming, GA 7SW
Norwood, NY 1E

Heathkit Info

Heathkit® ID-5001

Articles of Past
Weather Events

Nor'easter 2/4/98
 T.S. Josephine
 Chasing Edouard
 Millersville Tornado

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Daylight Saving Time update tool for Windows 95/98/ME
DSTUpdate.exe will allow you to set new dates for Daylight Saving Time on no-longer-supported versions of Windows (95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000).  Starting in 2007 in the U.S., Daylight Saving Time begins on the second Sunday in March (March 11), and ends on the first Sunday in November (November 4).

After updating DST, you should reboot the PC for settings to take effect.  If running NT or 2000, you must have Administrative privilege to run DST Update.

 

WxSolution™
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WxSolution software for Windows® 98, ME, NT4, 2000, and XP to fully automate your weather station using your Heathkit® ID-4001, Heathkit® ID-5001 (now sold as the Weather-Quest® 5001), Davis Weather Monitor II®, Weather Wizard II/III®, Vantage Pro®, and Texas Weather Report WR-25 stations.

Version 1.7.8 now available! 

UPDATE: Gary Oldham has established a WxSolution forum!  This is an additional way to share your experiences with WxSolution, report issues, and provide suggestions for future features.

 
WxClient™
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WxClient software to access WxSolution in real time.  WxClient will run on Windows® 98, ME, NT4, 2000, and XP.

To connect to WxSolution at the office in Taunton, MA, WxClient the following configuration:

IP Address:
   66.30.133.219
Port:
   4001 for the Heathkit ID-5001
    4002 for the Davis Vantage Pro

Version 1.7.7 now available!

 

WxVoice™
 

Beta Version

WxVoice is an automated voice-back system that uses your PC's voice modem to speak the current and past weather conditions over the telephone.  WxVoice takes advantage of Text-to-Speech (TTS) technology to produce a more natural sounding dialogue than other products that use pre-recorded numbers and phrases.  WxVoice is an add-on product to WxSolution.  WxVoice uses the built-in Speech capabilities of Windows 2000 and XP.

Features:

  • Five fully customizable messages (uses same tags as WxSolution):
  • Greeting: Announces the name and location of the station.
  • Current: For the current conditions.
  • Current Day: Highs and lows for today.
  • Previous Day: Highs and lows for yesterday.
  • Closing: For any closing remarks.
  • If no voice modem is installed, then WxVoice will "speak" on the computer speakers.

 

System requirements:

  • Windows 2000 or XP.  Windows NT4 does not support voice modems so it cannot be used with WxVoice.

  • Windows supported voice modem with its sound drivers installed - must have "Unimodem half-duplex audio driver" under "Sound, video and game controllers" in Device Manager.

  • 400 MHz Pentium II or higher processor.

  • 64 MB RAM or higher.

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Hanson Anemometer™
Hanson Hand-held AnemometerHanson Mast-mount Anemometer Hanson Anemometer innovative and affordable hand-held and mast mountable wind speed instrument.

 

 

Solar Intensity Sensor
Solar Sensor Solar Intensity Sensor for the Heathkit ID-5001 Advanced Weather Computer.

 

Replacement for ID-5001 Fluorescent Lamp
Back light schematics Backlight Conversion for the Heathkit ID-5001/Weather-Quest 5001 is a replacement of fluorescent circuitry. It provides much less power consumption and an expected "bulb" life of nearly 100,000 hours!


Weather Station Information and Data

Taunton 2W Taunton, MA USA
Baltimore 4SW Baltimore, MD USA ** Station closed **
Millersville 1SE Millersville, MD USA ** Station closed **
New Harbor 1SE New Harbor, ME USA
Cumming 7SW Cumming, GA USA
Pasadena 3SW Pasadena, MD USA
Norwood 1E Norwood, NY USA

Heathkit Information

Heathkit® ID-5001 Advanced Weather Computer

Articles of Past Weather Events

Nor'easter at Ocean City, MD, February 4, 1998.
Mini Chase of T.S. Josephine to Indian River, DE, October 8, 1996.
Chasing Hurricane Edouard to Cape Cod, September 2, 1996.
F1 Tornado Strikes Millersville Station, September 27, 1993.

Contact Information

To contact Dan Hanson of Thunderhead Technologies, drop me an E-mail!

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Last updated: February 6, 2008.