Hi,

Does anyone have recommendations of some pre-built housing I can get for the latest system blue basic? Just purchased.

Also what's the best antenna setup for System Blue Basic? Is there any that I can buy? Are loop antennas the best?

Hey dear    ortung community,

For my master's thesis in Mathematics/Machine Learning, I would like to enrich historical weather data with lightning data to train a model that can predict severe weather and storm tracks for a region in Bavaria.
Is there any way to access the data without being a contributor? Unfortunately, due to financial, residential, and time constraints, this is not possible for me right now... 

I would greatly appreciate any response or help!

Thanks alot! 

Dear experts !
Are you familiar with the following or similar PCB manufacturing ?
Is it good to try to manufacure a small batch of Red/Blue systems at this factory ?

https://www.pcbway.com/pcb-assembly.html

Since there is a long waiting list for regular boards, is this a possible speed-cutting solution
Providing of course parts and assembly has to be done elsewhere ?

Sincerely,

MD

Hello,
This morning I am sitting here watching the realtime lightningmaps.org screen covering most of the USA and Europe and noticed something that I've seen previously. I see many lightning strikes here in the US being detected by numerous European BO stations. The display shows the detecting stations and the connecting lines to the point of the strike. My question is why are the European stations detecting lightning all over the world while most of the US stations are only reporting lightning within the western hemisphere?

See the attached map and you'll immediately notice the high concentration of lines coming from Europe for strikes totally out of the range that I would expect to see. Is this a station setup issue or server algorithm that allows strike detection to show so far away from the detecting station?

Hi! I'm a new user, and I have a System Blue with PCB 19.5 and firmware 9.4. When I switch it on (with only power attached to the gadget), it emits a shorter higher-frequency beep and a longer lower-frequency sound. The Power, Mode, Network, and GPS LEDs illuminate for around 15 seconds before the two beeps sound again, and the entire process repeats: two beeps and lights on. I've already tried flashing versions 9.4, 9.5b1, 10.0b1, and 10.0b2, and the only difference is in the beeps. I also tried connecting the System Blue to my local network and using Fing to retrieve the IP address, but had no luck. However, when I connect it directly to my PC via Ethernet, I use Wireshark to obtain the IP address, and I can ping it but cannot access its web interface Subway Surfers. What can I do to address this problem?

Research suggests more lightning strikes will be occurring in the mid-latitudes of North America. 

There may also be an increase in overall burned areas due to wild fires.

Journal Science Advances

I have a system red for sale (System 673)  it is located in Cornwall (UK) but when I built it and set it up originally it was based in Ballyhaunis Southern Ireland.  I have since lost the email address it was registed with and cant change the location.  It is complete and working and will include an external GPS module and 2*FRA 200/15 antenna.  Would rather post to UK but will send to the EU.  Open to sensible offers.  

Regards broms

Hi all, does a anyone have on PCB Eagle Autodesk system Green files??
Thank's.
Regards Erik

The project documentation can be found here:

https://docs.lightningmaps.org

Since 2024 most of the information from different PDF files, Compendium, Wiki, forum threads are combined there.

If you think that some information should be added to the documentation then just use this thread here.


Contributing

The documentation is made with Mkdocs which is based on simple Markdown files. The source of the documentation consists of two git repositories which are available here:

https://gitlab.lightningmaps.org/common/docs
https://gitlab.lightningmaps.org/common/bo_files

It may also be cloned to github in the future or when someone requests it.

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!