• 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.

Weather fax receivers

Joined
Nov 21, 2004
Messages
260
Location
CAPE Cod, MA
I was reading up on weather fax receivers and I was wondering if anybody here had any experience with them, especially while on a storm chase. I can imagine it'd be pretty convenient to receive satellite data in real time, especially since the WxWorx satellite feed is useless.
 
Since you only get a picture when the satellite passes over, and would need a good signal to get something usable, I can't imagine it offers that much of an advantage...
 
definately not a good idea out mobile, plus the antenna needs to be steady otherwise you cannot decode properly.
PC hungry when decoding images.
I run a dedicated PC just for WX sat imaging.
Get hold of a copy of Satscape (freeware) to check out how infrequent the passes are.
The best set up for most frequent updates would be using meteorsat or eutelsat but the equipment and software can be bulky also can you handle a 500mb file being processed on the road.
 
Back
Top