Bill Fisher - W4AN wrote:
>
> I am very close to completing a remote control of my contest station in
> the mountains. I would like to know if anyone knows of a internet
> location where I can get an image of recent lightning strikes? I have
> seen such images on our local TV station during the news. This would
> greatly aid me in deciding if it is OK to dial up the station or not. I
> will also have some long distance callers using the station from time to
> time and would like to make sure they dont dial it up during a storm.
>
> I will provide information on this project to everyone when it is
> completed.
the data you are looking for comes from:
http://www.glatmos.com/
http://www.glatmos.com/nldn/nldn.html
however, it is not available free on the web yet that i can find.
it is available via satellite or dialup lines by subscription.
the also sell detectors that you could install there to find out
for yourself if anything is too close.
you may do better with the weather channel, or just using something
like:
http://www.intellicast.com/weather/atl/nexrad/
(replace atl with a closer site code if that doesn't cover your
area) that is updated every 1/2 hour. it may not show lightning
strikes but its pretty good for locating storm cells.
--
David Robbins K1TTT (ex KY1H)
k1ttt@berkshire.net or robbins@berkshire.net
http://www.berkshire.net/~robbins/k1ttt.html
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