• 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.

Oregon Scientific NOAA All-Hazard radios recalled

I own a portable weather radio that is the same as the second one shown in the pictures on that site. I will be calling them tommorow. I always thought I just had it set up wrong when I would sometimes not recieve alerts from them.
 
Thanks for the notice Gilbert! I hadn't heard anything about this recall, and I own the radio in the first picture. I was just chasing a tornado warned severe storm this past Friday evening with it and I didn't hear about it being tornado warned until after I peeled off the storm since the warning was never received on my radio. :eek:

Thanks again for the heads up! And I will definitely be giving Oregon Scientific a call tomorrow.
 
Mine seems to be working fine, I don't chase with it just leave it at home for my wife. But I did send them a e-mail to them and they got right back to me and are sending out a shipping lable to return it for a new one. Said it would take 2 to 3 weeks to get the new one once they get mine.
 
A bad time with Oregon Scientific

I called Oregon Scientific today concerning the recall and timed myself at 48 minutes on hold. Then got this, "press 1 to leave a number. We will call you in the order received".

Well, no call all day. I have run across other delays and dodges. This is not good business. They also want proof of purchase, and want you to send the unit back before replacement.

Some companies, upon learning of their gross errors, would fly a new unit out immediately. This happened recently with another type of device I bought. Some companies are concerned with vicarious liability.

My experience only.
 
Hmm I was wondering why I never got the tornado warning for the Chicago area storm last month. Now I know why!
 
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