[MCARC] Storm spotters on 146.580

[Ken Kopp - AKØA]

I guess I didn’t hit reply all so my full response is below... Also attached is a screenshot example of velocity data.

On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 7:56 PM, Ken Kopp - AKØA <ken at ak0a.net> wrote:

> That is a screenshot from an app called RadarScope. It is available for both iOS and Android.
>
> The spotter/chaser locations come in from Spotter Network and are optional in the display. You can also view real-time velocity data and mPing reports. It is pretty much the default mobile app for spotters/chasers. You can also view spotter network locations in Google Earth by loading this KML file:
>
> http://www.spotternetwork.org/feeds/earth.kml
>
> Spotter network also used to pick up ham locations via APRS if a "!SN!" tag was included in a position report, but that feature has broken and they can't seem to figure it out. I think they were getting their data from APRS.fi and it lost it when some of that data got password protected.
>
> 73,
>
> Ken
>
> On 6/9/20 7:33 PM, Farren Constable wrote:
>
>> No kidding!
>>
>> Ken, now I have to ask what app that is that tracks spotters.
>>
>> -Farren
>>
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>> On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 7:16 PM Nate Bargmann <n0nb at n0nb.us> wrote:
>>
>>> Looks like the rest of us better stay off the roads. Yikes!
>>>
>>> 73, Nate
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