• 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.

New NOAA All-Hazards radio station in KCDS

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On the morning of December 14, 2006, KJY-97 from Childress at 162.525 MHZ crackled to life. Located on a tall tower just northwest of the city, it's a full thousand watter, and a real blowtorch...in fact, this morning it could be heard by NWS staff on a ham radio at WFO Amarillo. If I remember correctly, it will serve around 6 counties around Childress on the Texas side, and 3 on the Oklahoma side. But the new digital transmitter with a high-gain antenna should allow the broadcast to go far. The fact that AMA can hear it at their office proves my theory. :-)
 
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Hooray

The Childress-Wellington hole has finally been filled. Three cheers for this being a high watt dude too. Shamrock can finally be warned of those softball sized hailbombs and wedges that seem to plague that area when the Texas Panhandle Magic is on !!
 
Yea, it will serve well for Childress residents when Mother Nature decides to get nasty like it did on May 9th 2006.

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