I'm on a journey on reading the wind, and @Jack Master 's wind rose + @lowlight 's Gun MPH has been a revelation to me (I hope I attributed those ideas correctly). I want to explore something else as well.
I am going to buy a wind meter so I can train myself to guess the wind speed. I was thinking it would also be educational to pair the meter with a ballistic app or LRF bino.
But what I am struggling to figure out is what wind meter (in the vane) + app/LRF bino will allow me to change the DoF from the shooting position. As in, not getting up to recalibrate the wind meter towards a new target.
I found an older vid here from a UK chap that showed how the cheaper Weatherflow meter allows for this with Strelok, whereas the Kestrel (at the time) could not and required one to get up and go to the meter to change DoF. Perhaps this has changed.
I am also quite unclear if any of the new LRF binos allow this when paired with a wind meter in a vane. And then we have Garmin watch-things, Kestrel HUD's, and heaven knows what else. (now I sound like my grandma)
Background: I shoot pdogs, and often swiveling 120º or more, so changing the DoF quickly and easily is important. Updated ideal scenario:
List below will be updated as people contribute info to this thread (updated June 13, '23)
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The following combos allow remote changing of DoF from the shooting position (wind meter somewhere else):
@reubenski @BigJimFish
I am going to buy a wind meter so I can train myself to guess the wind speed. I was thinking it would also be educational to pair the meter with a ballistic app or LRF bino.
But what I am struggling to figure out is what wind meter (in the vane) + app/LRF bino will allow me to change the DoF from the shooting position. As in, not getting up to recalibrate the wind meter towards a new target.
I found an older vid here from a UK chap that showed how the cheaper Weatherflow meter allows for this with Strelok, whereas the Kestrel (at the time) could not and required one to get up and go to the meter to change DoF. Perhaps this has changed.
I am also quite unclear if any of the new LRF binos allow this when paired with a wind meter in a vane. And then we have Garmin watch-things, Kestrel HUD's, and heaven knows what else. (now I sound like my grandma)
Background: I shoot pdogs, and often swiveling 120º or more, so changing the DoF quickly and easily is important. Updated ideal scenario:
- Wind meter is on a tripod behind me somewhere and I’m sitting on a swivel table
- I find the target with LRF binos and range it
- Some sort of display tells me the elevation and wind hold for that DoF. ex. on a phone or in the LRF bino’s readout
- I shoot
- I rotate my swivel bench 100° do the same dance without getting up to recalibrate anything (like DoF)
List below will be updated as people contribute info to this thread (updated June 13, '23)
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The following combos allow remote changing of DoF from the shooting position (wind meter somewhere else):
- Strelok + Weatherflow (not sure which models of WF work): manual process-if target has a new DoF/range one must remote calibrate each time in Strelok
- Strelok + a Calypso ultrasonic wind meter: (note: as the Strelok dev @Igor Borisov(Strelok Pro) mentions below, updates to this process are slated to occur…or perhaps have already occurred) manual process-if target has a new DoF/range one must remote calibrate each time in Strelok
- Kestrel w/Link + HUD + Terrapin X (link): unsure of exact steps, but appears to show solution on HUD and not in the Terrapin.
Sig 10kdoesn’t work this way, won’t transmit different DoF with windmeter- Note that bigjimfish says that the Sig10k's app isn't able to be used without being connected to the binos. This is stupid.
- Vortex Fury HD 5000 AB + Kestrel 5700 lineup with Link: not sure of the exact sequence…can't find detailed info. However, the binos will show the solution inside the binos.
- I do not know if their app is or isn't able to be used when not connected to the binos.
- Leica Geovid Pros, 3200.com & some of their monoculars + Kestrel 5700 lineup with Link: not sure of the exact sequence…can't find detailed info. However, the binos will show the solution inside the binos.
- bigjimfish says that the Geovid Pro's app IS able to be used without being connected to the binos.
- Swarovski ?
- Revic ?
@reubenski @BigJimFish
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