• 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.

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........I did this as well, and honestly feel it was NOT money well spent. My Verizon data signal was only minimally improved, or the same, or in quite a few cases actually *worse* with it than without. (Yes, it was setup exactly as instructed too, and all the usual technical problems that could account for it were checked and ruled out).

That's strange, certainly not my experience. I can be in a one or two bar area and plug the amp in and it will immediately jump up to four or five bars. It's a Cyfre amp with a magnetic mount anntena and hooks up to my phones's rf port.
 
I've only heard bad things about AT&T from people trying to use iPhones while chasing. It's not even a debatable issue - once you get outside of populated areas, AT&T simply doesn't have the same infrastructure as any of the other providers. My T-Mobile phone also had a horrible connection anywhere but Minnesota, which like OK, can also have some dead spots for Verizon/Sprint.

I'd personally rank it as: Verizon/Sprint >> T-Mobile > AT&T, based on usually having one of every device in the car, and chasing in a box from WI to CO, and MN to TX.

GR really can't be beat by anything else out there at the moment. Sure, if you're just looking at reflectivity there are other options, but GR offers so much more. We use ThreatNet/WX Works primarily because it's a fairly cheap safety net and we already have the expensive hardware. I wouldn't recommend it to new chasers. It can be a very finicky system and we've almost missed storms because we were too wrapped up in trying to fix it when something broke.

A 3rd party level 3 feed (allisonhouse.com, etc.) is crucial. The public feed *will* be overwhelmed on MDT/HIGH risk days, and the $10/mo for a basic subscription is well worth it.

Also, the Cobra power inverters are amazingly reliable. Black and Decker inverters are junk.
 
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