• 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.

Guys, I need some help

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I am new to chasing but I have a couple of questions I need to ask.

One of my friends lives in Fort Smith, AR and I live in Dallas, TX

I drive up to there every weekend or so and I would like to chase in that area as well.

Can I get some sort of scanner to monitor weather conditons, other spotters, police etc...

I know of a ham radios, but I am not interested in that.
 
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Yes. I just bought me a 2nd hand held scanner from Radio Shack for $100 and an external scanner antenna that mounts on top of my vehicle and it allows me to pick up NOAA Weather Radio, police, fire, ems, ham radio and storm spotters.

Here you go.. some links for ya

PRO-82

Scanner Antenna
 
Check the NWS webpages for the areas you will be chasing. They often have a section devoted to local SKYWARN operations. They'll list the frequencies for the repeaters they use during the severe weather nets. Offices have different styles of how they use their nets (i.e., providing info before and during the event, just warnings, etc.). I can't afford any mobile internet right now, so this is pretty much how I get all of my info when I'm trying to intercept a storm.
 
Check the NWS webpages for the areas you will be chasing. They often have a section devoted to local SKYWARN operations. They'll list the frequencies for the repeaters they use during the severe weather nets. Offices have different styles of how they use their nets (i.e., providing info before and during the event, just warnings, etc.). I can't afford any mobile internet right now, so this is pretty much how I get all of my info when I'm trying to intercept a storm.

Thank you for the info!
 
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