• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

802.11 / cell phone bridge

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Just thought I'd post about the latest toy I'm setting up for the first CoD chase of the year (later this month).

It's a Kyocera KR1 router/bridge do-hicky.

You basically slap a pcmcia cellular/EVDO data card in the back and you have 4 LAN ports and an 802.11b/g bridge so folks can share your cellular internet.

What makes this more interesting to chasers is the fact that a guy has built a replacement image for the device that allows you to connect a GPS to the unit and then everyone in the car/area can share the GPS over TCP/IP using gpsd. *and* the guy has put a webserver on it so you can hit a specific port and it will bring up a google map of your location.

This could be really cool for chase tour companies or folks that chase with friends and you want to share a GPS/internet connection.

I plan on installing it in the back of my car, along with my cellular amp and GPS. And then use my laptop via 802.11 to get data. Now no more wires all over the front of the car connecting all sorts of USB and serial ports. The device auto-connects and stays connected to the EVDO network so you don't have to keep connecting/disconnecting the software on your laptop.

I'll post pictures as soon as I get it installed.


Here's the product website:
http://www.kyocera-wireless.com/kr1-router/

"hacking" the device information can be found here:

http://www.evdoforums.com
 
Matt Kassawara and I built something like that for our chase convoy we used a miniITX board pcmcia to pci adaptor and Debian linux... prolby have $80 in it or so.. If anyone wants details drop me and e-mail..

We are using a Novatel Merlin C201 card with Sprint PCS service hacked for use with an external antenna.
 
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