The launch of System Blue is shifted. Due to various problems mainly concerning the workload of the developers, we can not realize the detector within the promised time span. In order to work more relaxed, we do not announce a new date at which the system will be available.

The original intention was to offer a partially configured system in the middle of this year. This announcement probably was made too enthusiastic. In addition to the development of the circuits, the production of an assembled boards, and the test of the new detectors there are further tasks we have to manage. This concerns also the way how to distribute such a system in the future, because we are not a company.

Further news about System Blue will be published on our website soon. Questions about the continuation of distributing System Red boards can be discussed in the forum.

I would like to remember that Blitzortung.org primarily is a community of interests consisting of voluntary persons who are particularly engaged in the technical realization of lightning detectors. That means, each participant should always be able to build certain parts by itself, should understand the functioning, and should be able to adjust the station with respect to its local environment. This will also be necessary for all future systems and is very important for the antenna system. The coming detecting systems also will not be a plug & play system.

Thank you for your understanding.
Egon

Hi!
Just observed strange data in the station statistic data:
1. powered off my station ~ at 2015-07-06 13:25 UTC
2. Station statistic showing "Last detected stroke: 2015-07-06 13:31:07 UTC"
Question: How ist "last detected stroke" to be interpreted? How the station can "detect (and communicate)" a stroke if it is powered off? My station nr is 1355.
Cheers
Hans

Greetings,

As the summer 2015 thunderstorm season is roaring in good progress..just wanted to ask
what is the current status of System Blue -production? I for one would have two possible locations
to cover, one with fiber, one with 4G connectivity. When we can expect the next generation boards and
with what price?

NorthObserver

Zoomed in to 200 m
   

Only able to zoom in to 2 k
   

I used to be able to zoom in to 200 m per unit. Now I can only zoom in to 2 k per unit. This issue happens on both my laptop and iPhone so I don't think it's an issue with my devices. Has anyone else noticed this problem? Does anyone have a solution? I liked to be able to view the strikes that were basically in my front yard. Now I just see the area around me.

Thanks.

Looking for anyone who is looking to sell their kit.. There dont seem to be any local stations to me near Glos/Chelt/Ledbury/Malvern.. The closest 2 are inactive so I thoght I would host a full time station here on the farm.

Let me know if you have some gear to sell or anyone who would be willing to put a kit together.
Thanks, Lee.

I can only view lightning strikes for up to 120 minutes. Will the 24 hour / date & time options be available again?

Hi,

I would like to create a iOS application using the data from Blitzortung, but, after some search, I can't find any information about where I can find the data... I know that the two "live maps" (from LightningMaps.org & Blitzorkung.org) use a websocket service for the data, but I don't know if I can use it in my app...

Is anyone here can tell me where I can find these informations?

Thanks in advance

Guten Tag,

habe die Bitte, ob sich mal jmd. von den Profis meine Daten ansehen kann. Ich betreibe die Station 634 in Ochtrup

Nun habe ich gerade mal meine Statistik angeschaut und habe gesehen, dass ich folgende Daten habe:

Allgemeine Statistiken der letzten Stunde

• Station aktiv:ja
  
  
• Letzte Aktualisierung:vor 13,4 Minuten
  
  
• Letzter detektierter Blitz:04.07.2015 12:09:06 UTC
  
  
• Blitze:231 (Liste)
  
  
• Signale:418
  
  
• Ortungsquote:55,3%
  
  
• Blitzquote:4,2% (Karte)
  
  
• "Eigene" Blitze:0 (0,0%)
  

The Europe view on lightningmaps.org doesn't show any strikes if zoomed in. You used to be able to do this fine. Does anyone know a fix?

Hi,

just joined to the forum :-)

I am looking for a future opportunity to setup my monitoring station behind a remote internet connection. I am interested of the system BLUE when it comes available - hopefully later this year.

Do we have any preliminary information (possibly from development team) how good this equipment is for handling nearby RF fields? I got some comments from local amateur radio operators, that the VLF area where BO hardware operates, would be not so easily disturbed...

I mean the frequencies, for example in HF band roughly 3.5 to 30MHz, that is used for the ham radio operators. I ask this because the planned location of the station, would be same as the location of my RF-transmitters. The power levels feed on antennas at HF would be estimated 50...100W max. Maybe in a future I could install some VHF/UHF transmitters also...

thanks,
Timo K, Espoo / Finland
OH7HMS