Lilienfeld Autonomous weather station

The Paraclub Traisental has recently installed what perhaps is the most sophisticated weather station ever installed by a club of Paragliders. It uses the Sonic anemometer Wind Observer made by Gill. All the electronics has been supplied by DPS-Promatic that has made a special version of its standard TCS weather station. The unit has been installed on the top of a telecom tower. Optical fibers have been used for data transmission from sensor to TCS electronics. It was a pleasure working with Franz, we are glad to have contributed to this great achievement.

It was certainly not easy going climbing the tower to install the Wind Observer! All the autonomous weather station electronics supplied by DPS-Promatic was installed at the bottom of the tower. Below is an example of the message that can be heard when calling the GSM number corresponding to the meteo station. Willkommen bei der automatischen Wetterstation des Paraclubs Traisental. Messwerte der vergangenen 15 Minuten am Muckenkogel in Lilienfeld. Wind aus 90 Grad mit durchschnittlich 20 km/h. Minimum: 15, Maximum: 23 km/h. Temperatur: 10 Grad Danke für Ihren Anruf. Listen to the actual voice as spoken by the TCS board. The same information can be read by SMS. A DTMF password can prevent unwanted people from listening to the station data.