• 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.

NOAAPORT

Joined
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Location
Benton, Kentucky
DOes anyone have a link to a good place to read with info or a FAQ
page about sitting up a NOAAPORT feed for newbies.

I am currently using Gempak set up by Rob Dale with all the info
being pulled form the internet which is using around 150 to 200 gigs
of data transfer per month and with all the talk of ISP's putting
bandwidth caps on internet usage I have been looking at different
options to lighten the load off the internet as my current usgae with
everythign running including cam's scanner feeds, GR data is about
400 Gig Pre month which AT&T is talking caps of 150 i sorta blow that
out of the water. So I would like to see what is involved in getting
NOAAPORT

Here is what i know

I need a computer for injesting the data I assume linux with special
software. I have a computer I can use

I will need a 8 ft sat dish I am in west Ky aimes at AMC-4 is
this somehting i can get aimed i have aimed several DTV and DISHNET
dishes. I had one person tell me a 12 ft min dish was required??

i will need a feedhorn for the dish type unknown Chaparal

i will need a receiver i have been hearing about the novra s75??

Need a way to interface between noaaport and gempak PC's

what changes need to be made to gempak computer to injest from
noaaport instead of the internet

Any info would greatly be appreciated
 
I was thinking of doing a NOAAPORT setup myself. The hardest part is trying to find a 10-foot dish to pick up the feed (here in Pennsylvania).

There is a great web site that describes their setup in PR with a 10-foot dish. They also have a PDF document on their software used with NOAAPORT: http://www.noaaport.net.

The link to the article is http://www.noaaport.net/docs/geo10-june2006.pdf.

I learned a lot! I picked up a Novra S-75 DVB-S receiver a year ago and I'm waiting for the dish. I have a friend that is willing to sell me their 10-foot dish to complete my setup.

Be warned about the minimum dish size (8-foot). The dish sizes are very important to a NOAAPORT setup. I have seen some in the southeast or southwest that have tried with 6 or 8 foot dishes and haven't had good luck with them.

For the most accurate and reliable feed I would use a 10-foot dish at least.

The SatelliteGuys forum (http://www.satelliteguys.us) had some discussion on NOAAPORT setups around the nation. (You can find them by searching the forum).

Thanks,
Christopher Zenzel
 
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