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NOTE: To get off this list, send email to majordomo@aqua.ccwr.ac.za with the body of the message containing the line: unsubscribe sowacs Contact information for Aquaterr Instruments PO Box 459 Fremont, CA 94537 ph (408)528-0640 fax 528-0562 Doug Kieffer Spectrum Technologies, Inc. >From: owner-sowacs@aqua.ccwr.ac.za >Subject: Further info on Aquaterr required >Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 19:40:51 GMT > >At 10:06 17/05/00 -0400, you wrote: > >replease > > advise how i can contact manufacturer of aquaterr devices > > > >regards, b.b. cahill ronan engineering > > > >[Bruce comments: >Looking through the sowacs email group archives I came across only the >following two posts and one article which I have reproduced here: > >http://www.sowacs.com\feature\Irrigation Journal-Apr 99 - Soil Moisture >Instruments.htm >"The Aquaterr Moisture Meter is a steel rod containing electrodes at its >tip and is pushed into the soil to the desired depth. A qualitative >description of soil moisture content is obtained by comparing the >instrument reading with a color-coded chart. This instrument responded >reasonably well to changes in soil moisture content except at one site >where its response was poor. It is very inexpensive and easy to operate." > > >http://www.sowacs.com\archives\99-08\msg00016.html >We used the model 100 analog version several years ago. I was impressed >with it's ease of use, durability and relative accuracy when compared with >the tried and true "feel" method of estimating soil moisture. It's best >suited for farmer use. Tad Wenes of Aquaterr (USA 1-800-284-1024) was a >lot of help to us. It's been three years sense I've talked with him. > >Dan Johnson >USDA-NRCS, California > > >http://www.sowacs.com\archives\99-08\msg00015.html > >: Re: Information on Aquaterr 200 Soil Moisture Meter > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- > >Subject: : Re: Information on Aquaterr 200 Soil Moisture Meter >From: Met Instruments <metco@geeko.co.nz> >Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 10:50:42 GMT >Sender: owner-sowacs@aqua.ccwr.ac.za > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- > >Our company sold a few of these many years ago, when the Aquaterr was under >different ownership. One NZ customer thought it was great, but did some >mods to the circuitry to get it calibrated correctly. The principle of >operation is capacitive. >We found the cost was about the the same, maybe a bit more from memory as >Soilmoistures Quickdraw, which is a very good portable tensiometer. >Usability was about the same, without all the calibration issues, batteries >etc. >Just an opinion. >========================================================== >Met Instruments meteorological scientific instruments P O Box 46 Fax ++64 >6 364 7213 >Otaki Railway Ph. ++64 6 364 7254 >Otaki New Zealand email metco@geeko.co.nz Visit http://www.geeko.co.nz for >weather,herbs,toys & more >========================================================== > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <owner-sowacs@aqua.ccwr.ac.za> >Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 10:31 PM >Subject:: Information on Aquaterr 200 Soil Moisture Meter > > > > > > One of my clients recently brought to my attention a soil moisture > > measurement device sold by Spectrum Technologies called the Aquaterr 200 > > Soil Moisture Meter. He was interested in it for use in raingrown >cropping > > as a means of determining stored soil moisture which is an important >issue > > when making planting decisions here in Central Queensland. >Is anyone > > familiar with this device? I have several questions about it: > > * How is it meant to work? > > * How accurate is it? > > * How robust is it for use in the manner suggested? > > > > There is only limited information at the Spectrum Web Site (at > > http://www.specmeters.com) on this device. > > > > Regards, > > Graham Harris CPAg > >[Bruce comments: >I had a look at http://www.specmeters.com/ now and found nothing on the >Aquaterr now.. perhaps its been removed from the market or "acquired"? >ends] > >-- >Bruce Metelerkamp > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- >+NZ 6 870 6303 >Hawke's Bay New Zealand > _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ > _/ _/brooz@pobox.com http://pobox.com/~brooz _/ _/ > _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com