Campbell Scientific TurfWeather Weather Station - Manual (Page 9)

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5-9. Accurate wind direction measurements require the reference line
on the wind direction sensor (right) to be aligned with Magnetic
North ............................................................................................... 20
5-10. The bubble level (in red box) confirms the station is level, which
is required for accurate rainfall and solar radiation
measurements ................................................................................. 20
5-11. Remove the red or green cap .............................................................. 21
5-12. The ground lug connected to the bottom of the weather station ..................... 23
5-13. The right close up is the 14 AWG wire and the #4 cable attached
to the tripod coupling ...................................................................... 23
5-14. The #4 cable connected to the ground rod ......................................... 24
5-15. A typical RF401-series base station ................................................... 25
5-16. Short haul enclosure mounted to the 16776 tripod ............................. 29
5-17. Cables connected to enclosure for short haul modem ........................ 30
5-18. Short haul modem cables connected to TurfWeather station ............. 30
5-19. Yellow wire connected to Battery+ terminal ..................................... 32
5-20. Auxiliary battery enclosure mounted to the 16776 tripod .................. 33
5-21. 18971 cable connected to auxiliary battery enclosure ........................ 33
5-22. 18971 cable connected to TurfWeather station .................................. 34
6-1. Inside of the TurfWeather .................................................................. 37
6-2. Main electronic board ........................................................................ 38
6-3. Removing the temperature and RH sensor cover ............................... 40
6-4. Solar radiation sensor ......................................................................... 41
6-5. Top view of rain gage ........................................................................ 44
6-6. Wind speed sensor with boot down and exposing wires .................... 46
6-7. Wind direction sensor with boot down and exposing wires ............... 48
6-8. Memory battery inside TurfWeather station ...................................... 51
6-9. Main electronics board inside TurfWeather station ........................... 53
6-10. Radio fastened to the main electronics board with a Velcro strap ..... 55
6-11. Removing the Velcro strap................................................................. 56
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