• 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.

What are you using to mount your home weather station?

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I apologize if this has been answered before, but I couldn't find what I was looking for in the search function.

I am gifting myself a home weather station for Christmas this year. I have chosen a far corner of the yard, and will use the sturdy corner fence post as a main anchor. The issue I am having is with the mast. I plan to have it around 12 ft tall, with the weather station perched at the top. Most weather stations are designed to mount on a pole between 1" and 2" in diameter. My concern is that using the wrong material will cause the pole to sway back and forth in the wind with the weight of the weather station at the top. The pole will be set into the ground several inches, and the only other support would be the first 4 ft, as that is where I will have it clamped to the fence post. Guy wires aren't really an option for me, as I could only get 2 that stay within my property. The 3rd would be outside my fence line, and living on an Air Force base that would be a no go. I say all of that to ask, what material have y'all used, or would recommend, that would be stable at 12 ft with a weather station on top, not supported by guy wires? Thanks for any insight!
 
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