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Who in your opinion has the best performing/accurate weather station for under $500.

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I use Airtronics...@ Norwalk Div. I have a brake single frist round...the weather station was saying a 12.89 so I put that on the window..it went a 12.887....but like everything it's only as good as the user! in other words DON'T put in runs that you know are not right! ;)

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The Port A Tree "snap in" weather station and ET prediction software is high on the bang for the bucks list.
Very good prediction software, tunable for your car's "slope" with as few as 10 good runs, if you can carry a laptop or PC to the track.
The unit is worth it just for the weather station and practice tree though, even without the software.
It is capable of being used with a pager system, for the technically inclined.

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What did you guys pay for the weather station and/or software?

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Goto this url, he has all the good stations and one of the bestif not the best sw pakages out there

http://www.crew-chief.com/

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Dave Goob Cook, do you have any experience with the Port-A-Tree system?

Reason I ask, I was looking at buying one and like you said, a very good bang for the buck

Just wondering if they have any problems, pros and cons

Hope I'm not highjacking your thread njk53

Thanks, Chris

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CSJTA no problem. The more info on weather stations the better. I want to spend my money on the best, most accurate, and easy to use unit or software.

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I think the ones like mine are $399 @ Jeg's now.

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I've had the Port A Tree deal for about 5 years, great practice tree with crossover, bump up/bump down, random dial or set, single or double etc...
The weather station logs at intervals from 3 minutes to 10 if you wish, has uncorrected (absolute) barometer, relative humidity, and temperature.
The only drawback to the prediction software is the need for a PC or laptop, the coolest thing is that you can customize the prediction "slope" to fit your car and tune up. You can store data for each lane, at each track, 1/4 mile or 1/8th mile, with as few as 10 runs or so input, you can get a good prediction output.

It's been very reliable, and a nice all in one for reasonable bucks.
Also the tech support is second to none, and updates are free at any event you see Al and Sue at.

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Thanks Dave

I race a Fuel Injected car so having a PC/Laptop with me is not a problem.

You can't beat the price for what you get with the Port-A-Tree system so I'm seriously considering it

I don't race at National events, just a local bracket racer, but it's good to know that customer/tech support is avaiable and updates are easy to access

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It's been very reliable and durable.....as with anything else, don't let it sit out in the rain, and watch your sample area. It comes with a nice mast for the wind meter and temp probe to mount on top of a trailer or such.

It does give D/A, but you have to watch for what your car responds to the most....humidity moves my gasoline tune up more than any one other factor, so while the D/A may not move, the inputs (temp, humidity, baro) may be moving.

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Dave, Can this station work in direct su,light?

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WELL it didn't @ Indy....Marissa had to bring/buy a new Batt for it...I had 3 "new ones" in the trailer...all Dead! So I guess it wouldn't turn on! ;) LOL ya know they have an exp date on them? man should check that once in a while! LOL

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You can, but it will skew the temperature reading and the D/A from the module, I actually have never used the wind meter, but it has a temp sensor in it too, and is okay in the sunlight.

I always just put mine up under the trailer front, or hung it behind the door where it was in shade.