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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera View Post
I did not put mine on my roof. I ended up using a 12 foot steel pole that has three hose clamps to the metal fence pole of my stockade fence. My neighborhood HOA rules say no visible antennas or storage building from the street in front of the house. I likely have a slightly lower wind speed recorded than reality, but rain and temperature are the same. My neighbor keeps saying he will get a receiver like I have in my home office to see the reading. As yet he has not done so.
I would have to put my anenometer on the roof. I have a postage stamp lot with a large house, tiny yard areas, and tall trees on north and east - so unless the instrument is mounted on a pole on the roof, I think wind speed measurements will be very unreliable. The peak of the roof is about 35-40', the tallest trees are about 40' laterally to the north from that and are 100' pines, so even with a rooftop location there could be issues. Fortunately, the wind we care about usually comes from the east.
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