Hawkeye Weather

Easy setup and accurate station

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After much debating on which weather station to go for, I decided that the WMR968 was as much as I wanted to invest financially and I've been really pleased with the station so far.

Admittedly, the manual is a bit rubbish and the Radio Shack manual for the equivalent station is much better written but in terms of the station's output it's been incredibly accurate for me. I've been comparing my results with the local government weather station (located very close to mine) and the information is largely identical.

Installing the sensors go a long way to ensuring you're getting accurate readings - I found moving the outdoor temp and humidity sensor away from a laserlite roof helped improve the accuracy.

There are more expensive kits around, but if you want an affordable station that provides a decent amount of information then this is a good option.

You can also check out Wunderground and upload your local weather conditions using either free or cheap software.

A little disappointed

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As with all the other reviews the directions on this thing leave a lot to the imagination. One issue I had that I had not read was the silicone over the set screws for the wind direction and speed sensors. I found it extremely difficult to turn the set screw to lock on the sensors. I still have not gotten the directional vein set completely.
I think the most disappointing part of this is the fact the display does not stand upright as all the pictures seem to indicate. It actually only can lay down on its back with the equivalent of keyboard legs on the back that may put it at a 5 to 10 degree angle which makes it necessary to stand over it to read it.
And one thing I failed to realize is the lack of an atomic clock. Another real disappointment.
You remove those two issues and I would not have any complaints on this device. At least not at this time. I have read of sensors failing after a year or two so I have to wait to see how that pans out.

Oregon Scientific WMR968 Review

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THe Oregon Scientific WMR968 is ujst what we needed at out house. It is solar powered weather instrument and included a wind/rain/temp measurements. We live on the water in Seabrook Texas and have very strong winds and a lot of rain. This unit has operated very well. As a matter of fact it is our second unit. The first was flooded during hurricane Ike. The temperature indication continued to work. The wind transmitter could not take being submerged under salt water and the rain gauge was washed away. All in all we have enjoyed the ease of use. Once it is installed there is no upkeep!!

Many Problems

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I bought this unit about 4 years ago and could only get the temperature and humidity gauges to work correctly. It was impossible to get the wind gauge to work correctly because it seems you need robotic laser leveling on all planes to have it perfectly level. It would spin and and measure at about 1/4 of actual speed. The same goes for the rain gauge. I tested it by spraying water from the garden hose in a shower pattern and it registered nothing. When it rained I went out and looked inside and saw that the see-saw measuring aparatus was working, yet I got no reading. All components were communicating with the base station so I have no idea why these two would not work. For rain measurment I went back to my graduated plastic rain gauge that I hang on the fence and for wind speed I guess by looking at the trees and I stick a wet finger in the air or toss a few blades of grass in the air for direction.

Great weather station

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I have had the WMR968 for seven years and have had no problems. Still using all the original probes, only have changed the batteries.