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  • 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.

Laptop Inverters vs. HAM Radio

I've had the exact problem you are describing. I have a Kenwood 707A and a 400 watt power inverter. The radio and inverter are wired directly to the battery, + and - using different wires. My solution was to purchase a noise filter from HRO for my 707A. It plugs in-line to the radio power cables. I haven't had any noise issues after installing the noise filter. My inverter and radio are about 4' apart.

I linked the wiring diagram for my Xterra below. The only difference is the noise filter is connected to the radio not the inverter as pictured. Also linked to my page that has some more images of the install.

http://www.brademel.com/media/xterra/3-22-...ra%20Wiring.jpg
http://www.brademel.com/pages/xterra.php
 
Wiring

Tony,

As few years back, I had an inverter and ham radio wired to the same feed. Whenever I transmitted on the ham radio (at med or high power), it would take out the inverter that ran my desktop computer. The way I solved this was very simple.

I ran two positive feeds from the battery to my equipment. One is solely for the ICOM dual band ham radio and the other powers two 750 AND 500 watt inverters (they run the flat panel monitor, desktop PC, etc). Since then, problem solved. I don't have any filters or extra batteries either. I use a beefed up car battery and David Drummond's idea of using a WalMart battery b/c of the warranty and ease of exchange is very very smart.

I sincerely hope this helps.
 
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