Big hole around Gulf of Thailand

[oppedahl]

South America and Africa have really low location rates as well, considering how well represented they are with other lightning detection networks. Blitzortung seems very biased towards northern and and western hemisphere detections.

Indeed 

My attempt to plug a hole as big as a continent is not yet very effective. Some more detectors (mini+ferrite) are ready to be deployed but I still need to find some collaborative host with electricity and internet. The last constraint is even harder than I though in the region I'm trying to cover.

I feel like the MCG (Max Circular Gap) defined at 270° is the main limiting factor, more than the pure distance. Not very precise math, but with 2 detectors, increasing the MCG to 300° would increase the max distance by ~73%. This would make a bid difference. The system will likely be less precise in other scenario 

No plan for Thailand, but in central Africa, I'll keep pushing and deploying some more (and tuning, I know, I know, ...)

   Marc

"I still need to find some collaborative host with electricity and internet."  Well and not only that, as we all know.  The would-be station operator would ideally be able to draw upon some experience with RF engineering, so as to maximize antenna success and minimize RFID issues.  I suspect an active ham radio operator might be a good candidate for this kind of thing.   Or an electrical engineer or person with a physics degree.

We have all seen the occasional forum posting from a person who is very well intentioned but is not able to get a station functioning well, due in part to limited experience in these areas.