Big hole around Gulf of Thailand

[oppedahl]

"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.

You have a very valid point, but we can't have everything 

I have tested and practiced in Switzerland, now packed the antennas and detectors with good quality power supply and shielded cables and I had some success with remotely guiding in order to find a good antenna placement (e.g. not on top of the air conditioning units). Not ideal for sure, and it require collaboration and patience from the host for a few days. When they run, #3111, #3113, #3155 & #3157 provide some useful signals. How do I know ? I ran query for all strikes in Africa below 20N (50 million km2) and the listed stations are involved in 99% of the strikes.

I would love that my host where electrical engineer, but they are not.

Another issue (more an anecdote), when any storm is too strong and too close, the power usually cut 

My very rough estimates is that the detection was nearly null and it's now about 1% This is a challenging hobby.

Regards,
    Marc

I offer you my thanks on behalf of the community for your efforts to try to get some stations working in unserved areas.