Hi everyone,
I’m new to the forum and still learning how the Blitzortung/LightningMaps system works, so I hope this is an appropriate place to ask. I’m considering setting up my first H-field station in a fairly dense urban area, and I’m trying to understand what kind of antenna placement would give the best results.
My main concern is electrical noise. I live in an apartment building with plenty of nearby power lines, elevators, and general broadband interference. I’ve read that proper antenna orientation and distance from buildings can make a big difference, but I’m still uncertain about what is “good enough” before I invest in a kit.
A few questions:

1. How far from a building wall or metal balcony should an H-field antenna ideally be placed to reduce noise pickup?
   
2. Does height matter more than horizontal distance from electrical sources?
   
3. Would placing the antenna on a rooftop help, or can rooftop equipment (HVAC, solar inverters) actually make interference worse?
   
4. Are there any practical noise-testing steps I can do before buying hardware?
   

Greetings!

Station 3227 here. Would it be possible to upgrade my status to "participant"? Thank you in advance; I'm looking forward to contributing to the network.
I have two separate logins (one from long ago to enter the hardware list and one recent when i got the unit), both with the username Asobig en the same password, but i can't access the 'closed' forums.

Asobig

Hi all,
why can't the signal.php file be displayed?
Thanks

Hi All,

I'm looking to track down the owner of the Blitzortung website. Is Egon the owner? I have a proposal I would like to share?

Best,
Tim

Hello,

I'm a new user with a new station built (3236), please could my accounts be linked and this account be upgraded to a 'participant'?
I tried linking them and it didn't work.

Thank you!

Moin!

Der Grundsatz lautet ja eigentlich: 'Wer Tippfehler findet, darf sie behalten.'

Ich möchte trotzdem einmal mitteilen, dass sich auf der VectorMap-Seite ein Tippfehler bei dem PopUp-Feld für die einzelnen Stationen ein Tippfehler eingeschlichen hat.

Bei "Statistik für Benutzer: xxx" wurde das 'z' vergessen.



Es beeinflusst keine Funktion und stört potentiell nur empfindliche Augen.   


#Offtopic: Ich möchte an der Stelle einmal die sehr gelungene VectorMap loben! Ich nutze diese sehr gern! 

Attached Files

  TippfehlerScreen.png (Size: 4.02 KB / Downloads: 55)

I have a question, and I don't mean to be antagonistic.  I am a sailor. I have been sailing around the globe for many years and I try to use all of the available information to me to inform my decision making.  In the tropics,  particularly near the equator, lightning is a very real risk.  I have had three strikes within 200m of me, and a direct strike is on the order of $50,000USD and 1 year of time to repair.  I know four friend boats that have been hit.  

My question is this - and please if you have something to contribute, talk about independent observations to calculated results.  Not about "here's the math for the calculated result"

How is  accuracy measured with this platform?  In simple terms - if there is a set of data that represents real actual strikes  or cloud-to-cloud - position and time that we've used to validate?

hello - my name is Jon. Im based in Kelso, Townsville Australia - Im wondering if the TSV based detector owner could get in touch with me. I would love to build a detector/station but dont know where to start. Im a (very) amateur weather follower. The station is Detector No.:1527 User No.:1310 Cranbrook Townsville Queensland. My email is deesalkelly@gmail.com ph 0436111086 cheers - Jon Kelly

The signal data is still not updating on the online panel. It has been more than a week since the station was started in the new city, and even though winter has already begun, we are still receiving many signals from distant lightning strikes. But for some reason, I still don’t get any updates in the online signal and statistics panel. At the same time, the station is working and participating in the overall calculations.
I tried turning the station off for a while, but that didn’t help. I also tried deleting the station and registering it again, but that was also without result.


user id = 2463
station id = 2891
Thank you.

Greetings!

Station 3225 here. Would it be possible to upgrade my status to "participant"? Thank you in advance; I'm looking forward to contributing to the network.

~ RockWoodson