Do your homework
The Oregon Scientific WMR968 is a very inexpensive but complex weather instrument. I have been researching home weather stations for over a year now and just purchased the WMR968 from Amazon.com when the price dropped by half. At the current price it is worth the extra trouble to get it to do what it should do. At this price you have to expect to do some extra fiddling to get it to perform. If you really want a weather station that is going to perform perfectly time after time right out of the box keep looking. This isn't the one for you. But on the other hand for those of you who like me have very little cash to spend on a home weather station this is a good buy.
Only beware! As is noted in these reviews and on many other consumer review web sites the manual that comes in the box is trash! Do not use that manual to set up and tune your WMR968. Please please please go to the Radio Shack website and download the manual for the Radio Shack Cable Free Weather Station with AccuWeather and use that one it is excellent! The Radio Shack weather station is identical in all respects to the one sold under the Oregon Scientific brand name except that for some reason it has a real manual written by a real American and it has all the information you need. Note that the manual that comes with the Oregon Scientific weather station has 9 pages. The Radio Shack manual has 36 pages.
My advice: if you decide to take the risk and purchase the Oregon Scientific WMR968 from Amazon.com like I did read all the consumer reviews even the nasty ones. You should know what might happen to you. Gather up as much information as you can. I have found several exellent tips on setting up and tuning the WMR968 on this and other web sites. Another suggestion: join and contribute to a weather station bulletin board such as WeatherMatrix.net. Share your knowledge and experience with others. Finally don't be tempted to cut corners when setting up your weather station. The sensitive electronics are not tolerant of abuse. Do your best to make sure everything outdoors is weather-tight.More detail ...
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