X-OldHeader: From TPierce@goldengate.org-DeleteThis.com Wed Apr 4 08:18:47 2001 Return-Path: <TPierce@goldengate.org-DeleteThis.com> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.244.179]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id IAA28516 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 4 Apr 2001 08:18:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (msgbas1.cos.agilent.com [130.29.152.58]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id IAA01676 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 4 Apr 2001 08:18:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ggexsf.golderngate.org (unknown [199.88.74.119]) by msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2E24CB1 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 4 Apr 2001 09:18:46 -0600 (MDT) Received: by ggexsf.engineering.goldengate.org with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <2HHWL2MD>; Wed, 4 Apr 2001 08:17:55 -0700 Message-ID: <87372ECCA42DD3118E3200508B2E11466977C7@ggexsf.engineering.goldengate.org-DeleteThis.com> From: Tracy Pierce <TPierce@goldengate.org-DeleteThis.com> To: "'wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com'" <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com> Subject: RE: speaking of wind sensors... Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 08:17:53 -0700 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19)
> does anyone know when or how we can get a wind sensor set up at the
> new crissy bathroom? (is there an official name for it?)
I believe the contact would be with the Golden Gate National Recreation
Area. Physical installation would be a piece of cake, and the SFBA, being
non-profit, is the entity which should do it. Who's our Crissy person?
(I'm happy to fill my tiny 'role' doing the install; permission and access
are the big issues which seem to take forever.)
> or for an even better question, what would it take to put a wind
> sensor on the buoy that sits 100 yards off of crissy beach -- that is,
> assuming all of the technical details were worked out! it would be
> interesting to see how much the data varies at the buoy vs. the rest
> of the land-based sensors. maybe it might only give marginally more
> accurate readings anyway.
A sensor on Anita Rock would be awesome, eh?, and there's no technical
reason why not. Solar power, delivery via either radio or celphone (yes a
cell phone works there just fine; this is one area of claimed "water
coverage" which really IS covered) can be done. A unit similar to that on
the jetty at TI would serve beautifully; how to get the data remains a
question. My understanding is that it's already being broadcast via digital
radio, an area in which my understanding is really lax.
The hard part here is the fact that Anita Rock and its radar reflector are a
navigational aid, and the US Coast Guard, for great reasons, likes to
maintain very tight control of it. And any change made to it needs to make
it onto a lot of maps upon which lives depend. I would bet that proper
pursuit could result in a sensor there; again I shudder at the political
effort.
> i'd be interested in helping out anyone who can look into it. i've
> made my own hardware for gathering weather data as a personal project
> at www.jline.com (click on the weather link), so i have a decent idea
> on the subject. unfortunately, my paying day job takes up most of my
> time. ;(
Who's our Crissy person? Bill Robberson has left the SFBA to avoid
conflicts of interest and/or the appearance thereof (or so it was reported
by Windsurf Mag, certainly not by the SFBA to its members (yep SFBA
communication dig, so sorry!); my impresssion is that he was the driving
force on a lot of fronts, the windtalkers one of those. We clearly need
somebody who can jump the political hurdles to be on the task; we clearly
have at least two members interested in maintaining hardware.
>
> jae
>
Tracy Pierce
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