How to switch from NWS feed to private feed?

[BBauer]

I think I'm going to get an AllisonHouse data feed before I head out on my first official chase. Too many other factors to worry about while out there. I just don't see anywhere in GRlevel 3 where you can change the data source. I have not bought the data feed yet but I was just curious how it works.

With that said, how do companies like AllisonHouse have the ability to provide their own data feeds of the data coming from the NEXRAD system of radars? Do they pay the NWS for such privileges?

 

[Matt Tottle]

Under File menu, click Stop Polling, then Configure Polling. Enter your private AllisonHouse server address in the box, and click the Use This Server box. Then Restart Polling. That's it.

Basically AllisonHouse takes the raw data from the NOAAPort satellite feed (which is free to anyone who has the receiving and decoding hardware/software) digests it into feeds, and serves it up to us. You could technically set up your own private feed at home, but in hardware and server bandwidth it's gonna cost you a lot more than the $10 a month from AH. Tyler is doing all the work for us and selling the feed for a very reasonable fee with near-perfect uptime.

 

[BBauer]

Under File menu, click Stop Polling, then Configure Polling. Enter your private AllisonHouse server address in the box, and click the Use This Server box. Then Restart Polling. That's it.

Basically AllisonHouse takes the raw data from the NOAAPort satellite feed (which is free to anyone who has the receiving and decoding hardware/software) digests it into feeds, and serves it up to us. You could technically set up your own private feed at home, but in hardware and server bandwidth it's gonna cost you a lot more than the $10 a month from AH. Tyler is doing all the work for us and selling the feed for a very reasonable fee with near-perfect uptime.

.................Awesome, thanks!