• 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.

Windows 7 64-bit serial port adapter

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Paul Racine

I acquired an almost new Kenwood TM D710A from a guy I know strapped for cash. I installed it in my truck and manually programmed a couple of channels, etc. I was wondering if anyone has had any luck with and USB/express card to Serial port adapters for 64-bit. All of my laptops are 64-bit and running Windows 7 Pro or ultimate and I have tried 5 different USB-Serial adapters to try to connect to the radio so I can program it in my truck? If not perhaps someone has an old laptop that has a serial port they would like to part with cheap?
 
Last week I bought the Cables To Go 1.5 ft. USB to DB9 Serial Adapter Cable Model 26886 from NewEgg.com. $24.00 plus S&H. Works great on my Windows 7
 
I am connecting to a TM 700 via a USB to RS232 cable on my W7 64Bit chase laptop so it does work!

You need to ensure that the com port is set up correctly under W7 as often Com 1 and 2 are already in use with the laptop modem etc.
 
Greg, you are using 64-bit? Stuart which cable are you using? I have tried numerous ones w/o any luck.
 
Greg, I ordered that cable and it arrived and worked great!!!! Thanks
 
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