Kobus Botha Weather
ICON OF WEBSITE 
THIS WEBSITE IS REGISTERED AS A PRIVATE COMPANY FROM 19 SEPTEMBER 2011
THIS WEBSITE WILL CONCENTRATE ON THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES, HOWEVER THE WHOLE AFRICA WILL ALSO BE COVERED. WEATHER SATELLITE PHOTOS OF THE WHOLE WORLD WILL BE PUBLISHED - ALSO SOME SPECIALIZED ITEMS
THE ONLY WEATHER WEBSITE IN AFRICA WITH ITS OWN COMPLETE WEATHERSTATION TO RECEIVE ITS OWN PICTURES DIRECT FROM SATELLITE FROM EUMETSAT
REGISTERED AT EUMETSAT- KOBUS BOTHA WEATHER: EUMETSAT LICENSE NO 99999997, CUSTOMER NO. 101586.
BY FAR THE BIGGEST PRIVATE IN AFRICA- WITH 15 406 738 HITS DURING 2023- NO.1 ON GOOGLE
24 SEPTEMBER 2024
REGISTRATION NUMBER: 2012/008297/07
MISSION
To provide, free to all, to the people of Southern Africa, the African continent and the rest of the world, a concise highly professional and very user-friendly weather website that conveniently pulls together the most valuable and frequently accessed regular updated weather data on the Internet.
Kobus Botha(Prof.)
CEO Kobus Botha Weather
Owner and executive director of web site
* Qualifications: BSc. Agriculture; Hons. Agriculture; Masters Agriculture; PhD Agriculture; Diploma Photography; highest exam as radio amateur(ZS6KOB).
* Title of PhD(Agriculture) thesis: "The role of the farmer's wife in farm management" (University of Natal).
Previous dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at TUT
Kobus Botha- owner of website.
MY WEATHER STATION
1. SATELLITE DISHES FOR RECEIVING OF THE PHOTOS
1.1 MY BACKYARD
1.2 1,8M DISH
1.3 2,4M DISH
1.4 2,4M DISH
1.5 LNB ON 2,4M DISH
2. ANTENNA SYSTEM
2.1 PART OF HUGE ANTENNA SYSTEM
I am a radio amateur -ham radio- ZS6KOB
2.2 PART OF HUGE ANTENNA SYSTEM
2.3 RADIOS- ZS6KOB
2.3.1 ICOM 756
PHOTO BELOW-MAIN RADIO(HF)- PART OF MY SYSTEM FOR AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNICATION ALL OVER THE WORLD - I ALREADY WORKED ALL COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD- EXCEPT GREENLAND( AND IS LOGGED). THIS ULTRA HIGH TECH. SYSTEM IS ALSO IN USE FOR EMERGENCY CONTACTS- ALL AREAS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AND COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD CAN BE CONTACTED WITH THIS SYSTEM- ALSO ON QRZ.COM- KOBUS BOTHA- ZS6KOB.
2.3.2 ICOM 7300
2.3.3 ICOM 2300
3. COMPUTER ROOM
3.1 OFFICE AND COMPUTER ROOM
01-11-2021
3.2 08-10-2016
3.3 08-10-2016
02-11-2021
29-11-2022
4. AUTOMATIC WEATHER SYSTEMS
4.1 DAVIS VANTAGE VUE
4.2 ACURITE PRO WEATHER STATION
4.3 ACURITE AUTO WEATHER STATION- INSIDE
4.4 ACURITE LIGHTNING DETECTOR
4.5 LA CROSSE AUTO WEATHER STATION
4.6 CASIO PROTREK WEATHER WATCH
4.7 ACURITE RAIN GUAGE
4.8 RAIN GUAGE PROFESSIONAL- LEFT ON PICTURE
4.9 WEATHERHAWK SM 28 SKYMASTER HAND-HELD-WEATHER METER
4.10 WEATHERHOUSE
4.11 ECOWITT - MODEL WS3800- AUTO WEATHER STATION- 25 MAY 2024
5. TELESCOPES
5.1 NEW CELESTRON NEXSTAR 8SE-SEPTEMBER 2012
8 inch Schmidt-Cassegrain computerized telescope- to be used for space weather and other on website
5.2 SOME OF THE TELESCOPES USED FOR PRIVATE RESEARCH- POSSIBLE INFLUENCES OF SPACE WEATHER ON OUR ATMOSPHERE.
5.3 LATEST ADDITION- DOBSONIAN 10 INCH TELESCOPE
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6. RECEIVERS USED WITH DISHES( BETWEEN DISHES AND COMPUTERS)TO RECEIVE THE DATA FROM EUMETSAT
6.1 ABOUT 17 YEARS AGO
BROADLOGIC
6.2 2017- DVB S SYSTEM
DVB WORLD S
6.3 FROM MAY 2018-DVB S2 SYSTEM
NOVRA S300E
TBS 5927
