I continually monitor BLITZORTUNG.ORG because lightning in Utah can pop up very strong and very quickly in the summer. My question is: are there any hams that are involved with this system to receive and report lightning strikes, anywhere in the world. Is the board difficult to populate, and does it require any surface mount components? What about the receiving antenna...I see a lot of variations and wonder which type has shown the best success. My QTH is only two miles west of the Wasatch Front...part of the Rocky Mountains. I'm at 4400 feet and the mountains go to about 7500 feet, so there is the possibility that I might not be able to "see" lightning to the east of me. Thanks for any advice or ideas.

I am running System BLUE 19.3 with firmware 10.0b3 in North America in Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A.

What is the top performing GPS Antenna/Unit currently available to interface with the Blitzortung servers?

I currently have a Mediatek GPS antenna with a male connector. See attachment.

I am willing to "upgrade" if it will be worthwhile.

Also what are optimal settings:  for satellite types (GPS, GLONASS, etc) & baud rate others have used?

Thank you.

   

Hello

I am looking to buy a second station. Any system.

Let me know if you have one

Hey everyone,

I have one more question, this time about lightning data. Is it possible to get access to the data in a .txt or a .csv (or a similar extension)?

Thank you!

Hi everyone,

I am doing an analysis of lightning and was wondering whether there is some "relatively" exact location of the lightning available (such as the latitude and longitude) or if I need to estimate this from the map. (I know the location is not exact but does Blitzortung provide at least an estimate?)

Thank you very much!

I would like to buy a Blue system, but is it even possible to buy it? Or is it possible to do System Red at home?

Hi,
    I updated my password for the forum ok.
However, I am unable to log in to the user area, my forum username and password does not work.
I tried sending an email to info@blitzortung.org but my email bounced back.
I have my System Blue up and running and would like to put it on the network.

Thank you,
Warren

Hello,
Could you please either have the website center on the user's location on startup (if a location is in the URL) or provide a one-click button to detect and center the user's position?
This would make the site much more useful
Best regards
Aaron Eisele

Hi all. I've loved using lightningmaps over the last five years or so, mainly in the UK. I'm now based in Sydney, Australia, and have noticed that lightning that I can see and hear myself just does not show on lightningmaps or blitzortung. There looks to be adequate receiver coverage.

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There is plenty of lightning popping up on the map about 400km north (Port Macquarie). I don't know what the weather is actually like there right now though.

Anyone know what is going on?

Hallo zusammen,

mir ist heute aufgefallen, dass nur auf https://data.blitzortung.org/Data/Protected/Strikes_1/ aktuelle Blitzdaten für Europa liegen, auf https://data.blitzortung.org/Data/Protected/Strikes_18/ und https://data.blitzortung.org/Data/Protected/Strikes_19/ aber nicht. Dort sind die letzten Blitzdaten vom 20 Mai. Weiß jemand, was da los ist?

Gruß robo