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Title: Another Weatherstar 4000 found
Post by: Localonthe8s on November 27, 2008, 01:43:04 PM

I found a clip on youtube this one is in Peoria, IL from 10/08. Maybe WeatherSTARIII knows more about this 4000...  :bleh: :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-iibfn2Pzo&feature=related

Title: Re: Another Weatherstar 4000 found
Post by: WeatherSTARIII on November 30, 2008, 01:34:09 AM

I just saw the video and I notice that the radar map is nudged slightly to the southwest of the Greater Peoria Airport ("PIA").
 
Here's what I'm talking about from the video:
(http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6503/differentdopplerradarmahy8.th.png) (http://img140.imageshack.us/my.php?image=differentdopplerradarmahy8.png)
Click to enlarge
 
When we had our 4000 through TCI (now Comcast) as I remember, it looked something like this:
 
(http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/9660/centralillinoislrnoprecia3.th.png) (http://img367.imageshack.us/my.php?image=centralillinoislrnoprecia3.png)
Click to enlarge
 
I even notice that TheWeatherChazz made this map when I entered for the WeatherSTAR Emulator contest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCRv_8QlAG0&fmt=18 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCRv_8QlAG0&fmt=18)
 
Notice in the video that Chazz has the map just nudged slightly lower from what I remember back when we had our real 4000. But still, it looks pretty close to what I remember.
 
Anyways, TCI of Central Illinois (now Comcast) lost our 4000 back in September 1999 as I remember. Comcast now has an IntelliSTAR (22878) and that 4000 that was found was from Mediacom (unknown STAR ID) according to the person who recorded it.
 
But still, I never knew until now that their was still a 4000 from my hometown! I may possibly be the old one that Comcast use to have...  :hmm: