Weather station kit

[ffutures]

Maplin are selling this weather station kit for £39.99

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ITAG=FAQ&ModuleNo=220865&doy=17m12

It's apparently manufactured by a company called National, model number: WH1050

This version doesn't have a computer interface, but I'm wondering if by any chance an upgrade is available that does. It does most of the things I'd want from a home weather station, although you have to wonder why they couldn't include some sort of wind direction indicator, but without some way of recording the data it isn't much use.

Unfortunately there are simply too many companies called national, and even with the model number I haven't been able to find out more. Does anyone recognize it, or know anything about them?

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[armb.livejournal.com]

http://foshk.en.alibaba.com/group/50134656/Weather_Centers.html
Looks you want the WH1080PC, and to find either another 499 people who want one, or a retailer...
http://www.lacrossetechnology.co.nz/ might help, a bit.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I really don't think I can afford 500, or shipment from NZ for one.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Found the manufacturer - the cheapest one they do with PC interface is selling on ebay for more than twice the price.

[armb.livejournal.com]

The Lacrosse was more useful as a starting point for finding the same (or similar) thing sold under other brand names.
How about:
http://www.meteorologica.co.uk/product.asp?numPageStartPosition=1&P_ID=304&strPageHistory=&strKeywords=&strSearchCriteria=&PT_ID=101
http://www.meteotronic.com/P-219-78-en-0-A1-ws2350-weather-professionnal-weather-stations.html

An alternative approach, designed for computer logging with no standalone display of its own - http://www.audon.co.uk/1-wire_weather.html

[armb.livejournal.com]

P.S. Of course, logically, the kit is wireless, so you just need a software radio on your PC and a Small Matter of Programming and reverse engineering... :-)

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

First two are much more expensive, third is much more limited. There's a PC compatible version of the Maplin one available via eBay, but the prices on all of these take it out of the "affordable bit of kit I don't really need" bracket occupied by the Maplin offering.