• 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.

Sirius Sat Weather service ? WSI

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From what I read on the web site, this system is sort of an XM WxWorx/Baron Mobile Threat Net clone, but intended more for marine use and with a much higher equipment cost than XM.

According to

http://www.raymarine.com/weather

The MSRP on the receiver is $1000 (which will translate to about the same as the XM data receiver), but the site suggests this will only work with the proprietary multi-function displays shown, which themselves are retailing for $1,500-$3,000. There is no mention of a data interface for a PC.

So, your initial investment for the Siruis system (receiver and display), if I'm reading their info correctly, would be from $2,500 to over $4,000!

The data subscription plans look to be almost identical to XM, although with Sirius you get lightning data with the cheapest plan ($30/month).

Possibly the biggest problem is the data that I don't see listed as included - Sirius doesn't appear to offer any county warning data or Baron-like shear product, and it's not clear whether the Sirius storm tracks would include meso (rotation) markers.

If I'm not mistaken, unless 1.) their receiver actually does work with a PC and 2.) there is actually some sort of shear/velocity/rotation product and warning data, it looks like the Sirius system is not an option for chasing. It seems from the web info that the Sirius system is specialized for marine use only, and not land based or vehicle-based use.
 
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Thanks for your post Dan. I was thinking that someone on here might have tried the product. Have a good day
 
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