• 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.

USB Wifi Booster

Cstok

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Wanted to know what you use for Wifi on the road. I have a Hawking Technologies (HWL2) that plugs into my usb port, but I want the highest gain I can get. I used this last year with mixed results, so I want to see if there are better / newer / more powerful options.
 
Whichever route you take, you must have an external antenna outside the vehicle to get any range at all. I use an Orinoco card with an external antenna adapter built in. I plug the MMCX connector to a permanent mount 5db gain antenna mounted on the roof of my van and get great results. Ive never trusted any of the "wifi sniffers". A good external antenna and Netstumbler will suffice.
This is the card I have, I didnt get it from this source, I also keep the mag mount antenna for backup:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ORiNOCO-CLASSIC...ryZ40992QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
 
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