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DATA MGT MESSAGE 08-04.06
TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS.. FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ CUSTOMERS... WAFS USERS...
GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS
FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT
SUBJECT NOAAPORT EVOLUTION
REFERENCE NOTICE DM04-03.01
REFERENCE NOTICE DM07-03.01
REFERENCE NOTICE DM04-04.01
NOAAPORT EVOLUTION UPDATE
AS THE INVESTIGATION OF THE NEW DVB-S TECHNOLOGY HAS PROGRESSED... IT
HAS BECOME
APPARENT THAT SOME OF THE DATES... PHASES... AND PLANNED OPERATIONAL
CAPABILITIES FROM THE ORIGINAL NOTICE NEED TO BE CHANGED. THE ORIGINAL
NOTICES
/DM04-03.01/DM07-03.01/DM04-04.01 CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE DATA
MANAGEMENT
NOTICES PAGE AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATION LISTED BELOW.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml
THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE ORIGINAL NOAAPORT EVOLUTION
NOTICE
PHASE 8
TRANSMISSION OF NOAAPORT WILL BEGIN ON A SINGLE CHANNEL WITH AN
EQUIVALENT 6 T1
CAPACITY. THE SINGLE CHANNEL WILL BE ON THE SAME SATELLITE... BUT ON A
DIFFERENT
TRANSPONDER THAT IS CURRENTLY USED... USING THE DVB-S TECHNOLOGY. THE
SPECIFIC
TRANSPONDER WILL BE DETERMINED AT A LATER DATE. 1/17/05
PHASE 9
SHUT DOWN ALL OLD NOAAPORT CHANNELS. END OF ALL LEGACY NOAAPORT
CHANNELS. ALL NOAAPORT USERS MUST HAVE DVB-S CAPABILITY BY THIS DATE!
2/28/05
PHASE 10 (NEW)
DEPENDING ON THE INTERNAL NWS PERFORMANCE LEVEL OF THE NEW DVB-S
CHANNEL/TRANSPONDER... A DECISION WILL BE MADE WHETHER TO MIGRATE THE
SINGLE
DVB-S CHANNEL BACK TO THE ORIGINAL TRANSPONDER AND OVERLAP THE LEGACY
NOAAPORT
CHANNEL FREQUENCIES. IF THE DECISION TO MIGRATE BACK TO THE OLD
TRANSPONDER IS
MADE... DUAL DVB-S SPACE SEGMENT OPERATION WILL BEGIN ON BOTH OLD AND
NEW
TRANSPONDERS. 3/7/05
PHASE 11 (NEW)
IF THE DECISION WAS MADE TO MIGRATE THE DVB-S NOAAPORT TRANSMISSION BACK
TO THE
OLD TRANSPONDER IN 10 ABOVE... NOAAPORT TRANSMISSION ON THE NEW
TRANSPONDER WILL
CEASE. 3/31/05
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE /BASED ON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF EACH
EARLIER PHASE/
PHASE 2 COMPLETE
PHASE 3 COMPLETE
PHASE 4 COMPLETE
PHASE 5 COMPLETE
PHASE 6 COMPLETE
PHASE 7 ELIMINATED
PHASE 8 1/17/05
PHASE 9 2/28/05
PHASE 10 3/7/05
PHASE 11 3/31/05
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE. PLEASE CONTACT:
PHIL CRAGG
E-MAIL Phil.Cragg@xxxxxxxx
PHONE NUMBER /301/ 713-1570 X134
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml
DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS