For the past 2-3 weeks now I have been getting lots of Lightning indications 1-2 times a day. usually 20km++ Never had this happen all summer unless there were storms in the area,

I have an Air that reports Lightning Disturber 1440 times s day. It also reports lightning.

[image] dsfg: [image] george.nincehelser: I do have an SDR I can use to look at different frequencies. Any idea what frequencies I should consider? A scan in the around 100 - 200 kHz should give you a good hint. I don’t think that an SDR will tune down that low without an HF upconverte…

[image] vreihen: I do have an SDR I can use to look at different frequencies. Any idea what frequencies I should consider? A scan in the around 100 - 200 kHz should give you a good hint. I don’t think that an SDR will tune down that low without an HF upconverter like the Ham It Up… I ha…

Hi @george.nincehelser . The LIGHTNING DISTURBER can largely be ignored. It is the algorithmic filter in the Franklin Lightning detector chip that indicates some electrical activity is being detected but the filter is disqualifying it as NOT lightning. That’s why we buried the display of ‘disturb…

[image] WFmarketing: Hi @george.nincehelser . The LIGHTNING DISTURBER can largely be ignored. It is the algorithmic filter in the Franklin Lightning detector chip that indicates some electrical activity is being detected but the filter is disqualifying it as NOT lightning. That’s why we buried t…

Well, it’s early Sunday morning. A small thunderstorm just passed by. I visually saw lightning out my window. My Atlas picked up 6 strikes with the closest estimated a 6 miles. My Acurite 06045M lightning sensor lit up red many times, but I don’t have a counter for it. No lighting was registere…

[image] george.nincehelser: Oddly, the forecast from the WeatherFlow page is giving a 0% chance of rain today. WeatherFlow doesn’t have a forecast. Where are you seeing this?

[image] GaryFunk: Oddly, the forecast from the WeatherFlow page is giving a 0% chance of rain today. WeatherFlow doesn’t have a forecast. Where are you seeing this? It’s showing up on my grid, here: Tempest I assume it is coming from some third party?

the forecast is from Weatherunderground, service that is having some rock and roll hours as they can’t cope and are trying to change model … Many of us have disabled it already. Regarding lightning … not sure what is happening. You have a piezo lighter ?? Try to fire it close to the Air, it is kno…

[image] george.nincehelser: I assume it is coming from some third party? Yes, WeatherUnderground. It’s an old Internet service that is on its last leg. I consider it total hogwash and unreliable.

Lots of False Positive Lightning

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GaryFunk November 4, 2018, 9:03am 44

Old? It’s not that old.

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Lots of False Positive Lightning

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