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Newbie here!

I've been interested in buying a detector and getting into lightning detection for a while now. I have a basic understanding of electronics and radio and I can do some ok solder jobs at a moment's notice.

I am located in Canberra, Australia and I would like to get two detectors online - one in a very northern suburb at my home and another in a more southern suburb with a family member.

Is there anyone here located in Australia or New Zealand who would be interested in selling a station?

I would also be interested in getting in touch with the owners of Canberra's two existing stations and gaining some knowledge and experience from them.

Many thanks!

(2025-01-12, 05:08)benjaminrose1991 Wrote: [ -> ]Newbie here!

I've been interested in buying a detector and getting into lightning detection for a while now. I have a basic understanding of electronics and radio and I can do some ok solder jobs at a moment's notice.

I am located in Canberra, Australia and I would like to get two detectors online - one in a very northern suburb at my home and another in a more southern suburb with a family member.

Is there anyone here located in Australia or New Zealand who would be interested in selling a station?

I would also be interested in getting in touch with the owners of Canberra's two existing stations and gaining some knowledge and experience from them.

Many thanks!

Just to qualify:  You are hopefully aware that Blitzortung is not about 'detection' of lightning discharges, though that MUST occur... it is about LOCATING the ground point of a lightning discharge?  Because of THAT premise, it works as a network of stations. To actually 'show' a stroke on Blitzortung plots, it requires a MINIMUM of 4 (TYPICALLY 8+) stations to correlate asignal, which THEN is identified as an actual lightning stroke, and a location of ground point established, within some degree of accuracy ('deviation' error).  Though your receiver in fact WILL detect lightning, it also detects all noise signals within 3-300kHz, and only the network application determines if it's a stroke or not.  Just a caveat, you will NOT necessarily register, as a station, all types of discharges in your area, though you may 'detect' them.  If you expect something else from the Blitzortung system, you might want to consider another alternative for pure lightning detection.