Station Hawaii – USA2

*Location of the station in Hawaii – overview*

Nom : USA2

Localisation : Waimea Island in Hawaii

Latitude : 20.02

Longitude : -155.67

Hosting : roof of the headquarters of the Canada-France-Hawaii Observatory

Start-up : november 2021

The Hawaiian station plays a very important role in the VHF network. It is located in the Pacific where there are very few stations.

*Location of the station on Waimea Island in the Hawaiian archipelago (global view)*

*Location of the station on Waimea Island in the Hawaiian archipelago (close-up view)*

*Location of the station on the island of Hawaii (close-up view)*

The installation was carried out autonomously by the host site in November 2021.

This station can be configured to receive data from the NOAA 18 and NOAA 19 weather satellites. The reconstructed images are used to verify the quality of the site and to identify any degradation in signal reception.

Station Hawaii – USA2

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