CWOP Information for K6VIF (AU399) in Pinon Hills, CA, US (site inactive)

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Registered Location

Latitude: 34° 25' 45" N (deg min sec), 34.4292° (decimal), 3425.75N (LORAN)
Longitude: 117° 39' 7" W (deg min sec), -117.6518° (decimal), 11739.11W (LORAN)
Elevation: 1311 metres (4302 feet) -- validated against 1312 metres (4304 feet) from NED 1/3rd arc-second: Western United States
Location: Pinon Hills, CA, US
County: San Bernardino, CA
Forecast Offices: Las Vegas (VEF), San Diego (SGX), Phoenix (PSR)
Weather station Manager/Operator: William
Station type/software: UI-View 32

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'K6VIF' marker) will display the latitude/longitude of that point.

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APRS Status

No data has been seen recently. Please check at findu.com to see if your data is being seen there.

Weather data was seen at findu.com around 1188 days ago on 2021-01-22.

A recently received report from this station was

K6VIF>APU25N,N6LXX-4*,WIDE2-1,qAO,W6HRO:=3425.75N/11739.11W_Pinon Hills Ca. EL 4302

This report was seems to be a valid APRS record, but not a valid weather record.

If this is not a weather report, then your station may not be transmitting weather reports, and this may be the problem. Check the recent reports at findu.com to see if any look like weather reports.

Neighboring Stations

This is a list of stations that are close to this station.

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SiteDistanceLocation
FW847119.3 milesSouth Alta Loma, CA, US (lat 34.1517°, long -117.6137°, altitude 563 metres) (data present)
EW818719.9 milesSouth Alta Loma, CA, US (lat 34.1420°, long -117.6227°, altitude 529 metres) (data present)
FW431920.8 milesSoutheast Fontana, CA, US (lat 34.1677°, long -117.4723°, altitude 518 metres) (data present)
GW194421.3 milesSouth LA VERNE, CA, US (lat 34.1318°, long -117.7508°, altitude 486 metres) (data present)
GW366024.7 milesSouth CLAREMONT, CA, US (lat 34.0765°, long -117.7183°, altitude 320 metres) (data present)
DW628525.3 milesSouth Pomona, CA, US (lat 34.0712°, long -117.7437°, altitude 283 metres) (data present)
FW049425.4 milesSoutheast San Bernardino CSU SB, CA, US (lat 34.1838°, long -117.3220°, altitude 880 metres) (data present)
GW299325.8 milesSouth Ontario, CA, US (lat 34.0568°, long -117.6188°, altitude 292 metres) (data present)
KJ6TAG26.5 milesWest Palmdale, CA, US (lat 34.5705°, long -118.0842°, altitude 804 metres) (data present)
EW987426.9 milesSoutheast Lake Arrowhead, CA, US (lat 34.2658°, long -117.2242°, altitude 1662 metres) (data present)

Location Formats

The location is shown in three different formats. Each of these is used in some software, and is shown on some websites.

Degrees Minutes Seconds: VWS/VWSAPRS, WeatherLink 5.5, WeatherLink (5.2-5.4), WeatherView (Linux)

Decimal degrees: FreeWX, WeatherView32 (PC application)

LORAN: WeatherDisplay, WUHU, Henriksen WServer

Resources

CWOP Home: This describes the whole CWOP program and has a large amount of useful information.

CWOP Siting Guide (PDF): This is a guide to siting and operating a CWOP station. This is a must-read document.

Another CWOP Guide (PDF): This is another guide to siting and operating a CWOP station. This is a must-read document.

Urban Siting and Operations (PDF): This is a guide to siting and operating a CWOP station in an urban environment.

APRS WX Message format: This describes the actual format of the messages transmitted that carry WX information.

WXQC Mailing List: This is a mailing list where data quality issues are discussed. Assistance with software configuration can often be found here.

Topo Map Reading Guide: How to read USGS topographic maps, with a good section on reading contours.

Geographically nearby web pages: Use Geourl to find web pages that deal with locations geographically close to this site.


Overall website comments, problems etc to Philip Gladstone
Page layout last modified Sunday, 28 February 2016
Questions for this weather station owner/operator to William
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