Building An ACTUAL Tornado Probe To Storm-Chase With! | Part One: Design and Construction

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Check out PCBgogo and their sweet deals here: https://www.pcbgogo.com/ ...and watch me deploy the probe for the first time here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W8wE-SWrsE I live in central Oklahoma...within a few miles of the National Weather Center and America's top meteorology school. I met Reed Timmer when I was a kid and sat in his "Dominator" storm chasing vehicle. I watched the El Reno tornado happen one or two counties away. SO WHY HAVEN'T I SEEN AN ACTUAL TORNADO YET?? Perhaps it's just bad (or good) luck...or maybe it's because I haven't tried hunting one down yet. Early this year, I met my now-friend Jack, who chases tornadoes, and we decided to develop a series of tornado probes. This video gives you a peak into my efforts. Files (PCB Gerbers, rough schematic, parts list, and 3D files): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KFP7_tDVDR6iupmDE4yHCobywoF8uKc6/view?usp=sharing WARNING: storm chasing is EXTREMELY dangerous, and I do not recommend that my viewers chase tornadoes. Please do not drive into tornadic storms unless you are ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN of what you are doing! 0:00 Intro 0:24 I like tornadoes... 1:02 The quest begins 1:57 Jack's original probes 2:28 Optimizing the old probe (Mark I design) 3:00 PCBgogo sponsorship segment 3:31 Mark I complete, but... 4:25 Looking for new designs 4:57 Presenting: MARK II VTX 6:32 Where we are now 6:49 Wanna mess with my designs/files? 7:11 Patron thanks and outro