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The station also forecasts changes in the weather based on alterations in air pressure with easy-to-read icons indicating cloudy, rainy, partly sunny, or sunny conditions. An air-pressure tendency arrow shows whether the barometer is rising or falling, and the station records daily high and low temps, which can display with the push of a button.
In addition to monitoring the weather, the device tells time with precision, thanks to its digital atomic clock, which receives a regular auto-tune signal and automatically updates for daylight savings time. Other nice features of the clock include a manual-set option, easy-to-read digits, a 12- or 24-hour setting, time zone indicator, and a DST override option.
La Crosse Technology ships this station with the base and one remote sensor, but it is capable of receiving data from up to three sensors, if others are purchased separately. (The compatible sensor is model TX29U-IT.) This is a handy way to add monitors as the need develops to gauge the temperature in the garage, greenhouse, wine cellar, or baby’s room, all with a single console.
Designed to mount to a wall or set up freestanding, the Weather Channel base takes two AA batteries and measures 5-5/8 by 3-1/4 by 1-1/4 inches. The remote sensor takes two AA batteries and is 3-1/2 by 1-1/2 by 1/2 inches. Batteries are not included.
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156 of 157 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good Basic Station,
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This review is from: La Crosse Technology Weather Channel WS-9077TWC Wireless Forecast Station (Kitchen)
This weather station is about as elementary as it gets. Its easy to set up, easy to read, and despite what the other reviewer here said about it being inaccurate, I have found it to be profoundly accurate when compared to two other more expensive stations I have. I believe accuracy in any of these stations depends mostly on the position of the sensor. Its harder than one thinks to find a fairly sheltered area that is out of the wind and direct sunlight. Try different places if yours seems consistently inaccurate. As far as this unit as it compares to others, most of these weather stations I have found are all about the price. Spend more money and you get more cool icons and numbers to look at. This unit has an atomic clock, (nice to have one clock in the house that is precisely accurate all the time), date, indoor and outdoor temperature, and a forecast icon which is really nothing more than a monitor of the barometric pressure. If it is heading up the icon will forecast fair weather. If its heading down it will display clouds. Despite this simple gaging technique, it is usually very accurate in most cases. And you also have the option of setting the sensitivity of the forecast icon. That is, to make it react more quickly to minor fluctuations in the barometric pressure, thus seeing the forecast icon change more often. (There was a time when all weather forecasting was pretty much done by just watching the barometer. I suggest keeping the sensitivity set to "medium", for setting it higher had mine changing far too often, and too soon). La Crosse units are one of the oldest and most reliable that there are going. My station has been running flawlessly since I installed it, and after 6 months the batteries in both the station and sensor still test out strong. One other thing, none of these units around this price could be considered overly generous in their screen display dimensions. Some, even ones that are more expensive can be down right cheap. They're so small you have to walk right up to them each time to read it. This units screen is a full 2" wide and 3 1/4 inches long. A decent enough size to see from several feet away. If you're interested in a simple easy to read accurate weather station/forecaster I would highly recommend this one...
29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
AMAZON HAS AN ERROR!,
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This review is from: La Crosse Technology Weather Channel WS-9077TWC Wireless Forecast Station (Kitchen)
I ordered this weather station. I got it up and running with it's remote sensor. Not a big deal. The temps on the base station and the receiver that came with the unit were very close...and it was easy to PROGRAM. Here's the RUB...the Amazon Site has an ERROR. If you want a REMOTE SENSOR TO WORK WITH THIS ONE...do NOT TRUST AMAZON. You need to TX29U-IT Sensor. LaCrosse says that this is the NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT with this unit...that Amazon has them LINKED.I am trying to get Amazon to return the incorrect sensor and replace it with the correct one. I doubt that will be a problem. However, for folks in the future to AVOID THIS HASSLE...you need to do some homework. Go to the LaCrosse Technology Website and do a SEARCH for the base or weather station that you want. When you find it, you will find in the SPECS the correct Remote Sensor. Hope this helps someoneelse avoid my issues and the hassle.
31 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Ok Weather Station,
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This review is from: La Crosse Technology Weather Channel WS-9077TWC Wireless Forecast Station (Kitchen)
I rated it as a 3 weather station and not 5 because I bought this station for one reason. It's range. I read the description before I bought it and knew that walls would knock down its range. My hopes were too high. I was hoping it would penetrate 4 walls at about 125 feet distance (It has a stated range of 300 feet minus obstructions). That turned out to be to many obstructions for it. So I used it in another location. I also purchased the Weather Channel model W5-9625TWC-IT. It has Indoor/Outdoor temperature and humidty displayed all the time and has many other features also. I recommend it for features over this one.Update 07/14/2010: We have been using this weather station for 13 months and it has not failed. Update 08/18/2011: We are still using both weather stations and both are still working fine.
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