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| DavidMack | "@jefffalk TSI explains the instrument and its calibration in documents on its web site: http://www.tsi.com/DUSTTRAK-Aerosol-Monitor-8520/ see "th..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| jefffalk | "After reviewing these posts it became apparent that there are two questions here. One is about "eliminating" humidity, possibly by mechanical means..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Thank you so much for the clarification David! I'll work that into our summaries. its been hard to get a handle on exactly what is meant by that s..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I'll connect with Hank on his Dylos-- we'll see what he's doing. there are a million ways to do this that have already been done-- so yeah, we sh..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| jefffalk | "Hank Boschen's Dylos monitoring system in Chippewa Falls records readings from a Dylos every 10 minutes and posts to a website. It also includes we..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| DavidMack | "@amysoyka The Powermag graphic portrays the PM fractions based on source sampling techniques used for power plant emission sampling. The source sa..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| DavidMack | "sorry for the late reply but as you probably discovered as the air sample relative humidity increases, the moisture increasingly interferes with th..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| amysoyka | "Sure - the source for that image is the link in the comment above it by the way. I like super-visual. Apparently so does Stephen Hawking - who app..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| warren | "Wow Amy that is a SUPER visual explanation! Want to add it (with credit and maybe a "not open licensed" notice) to the particulates page? http://pu..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| amysoyka | "Oh & this picture is just awesome too!: " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| amysoyka | "This article explains in some detail about the point Matthew just made: http://www.powermag.com/blog/pm2-5-more-than-just-dust/ " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Love this project. Would you be interested in sharing the idea on an OpenHour? we have one on Air Quality scheduled for July 28th! " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "yeah, l their comments are moderated. mine is still in the queue. " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| warren | "Are comments moderated there? I don't see your comment but it's a very important clarification to make. Thanks, Mathew! " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I just posted a comment to that article. thanks for pointing it out: @donblair-- the author doesn't seem to understand the terminology in use. Th..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "@donblair-- the author doesn't seem to understand the terminology in use. The conclusions are based on a misunderstanding of what PM2.5 actually m..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| Jdahlen | "Yes, we're hoping we can get the Ethernet and USB connection to work for the Dusttrak. As for the Dylos, the only information we are able to take o..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| donblair | "Did you see the article AmySoyka posted about the Dylos? http://publiclab.org/notes/Schroyer/06-26-2014/broadcast-dust-readings-from-a-smartphone#c..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Oh Ethernet! Cool that probably isn't too hard to talk to but a computer of some sort will be needed. Serial is great! We can probably get it to t..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| Jdahlen | "We usually just record the data right after our 24-hour sampling, but the Tech team at UWEC is helping us figure out how to retrieve our continuous..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| amysoyka | "Hi there, I was just wondering if you ever debunked the claims by AQICN: http://aqicn.org/experiments/what-is-the-dylos-monitor-actually-measuring/..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "How does data come off? USB? Serial? There's got to be something " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| Jdahlen | "Sorry for the late reply, but the Dusttraks and Dylos, to my knowledge, do not have sensor out-ports. If I would be able to see what the connector ..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "yes, they are also optical, like the Dustduino and Speck, but they use lasers instead of focused LEDs. " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago |