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NOXX10 KWBC 031533
DATA MGT MESSAGE 03-11.4
TO NOAAPORT USERS
FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT
SUBJECT SBN/NOAAPORT EXPANSION AND HARDWARE UPGRADE/NOTICE - 003
UPDATE OF NOTICE 002 TO IDENTIFY NEW NOAAPORT
/SBN/ LINK BUDGET PARAMETERS AND CHARACTERISTICS
PLANNING DATES
1. PLANNED IMPLEMENTATION DATE - APRIL 18
2. DUAL ILLUMINATION DATES - APR 18 TO MAY 17
3. DECOMMISSION OLD DVB-S DOWNLINK - MAY 17
THE AWIPS PROGRAM OFFICE IS CONTINUING WITH
ITS PLANS TO EXPAND THE BANDWIDTH OF THE AWIPS
SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK SBN/NOAAPORT FEED
FROM 10.24 MBPS TO ABOUT 30 MBPS IN MAY 2011.
AS PART OF THIS EXPANSION THE SBN/NOAAPORT
SIGNAL WILL BE TRANSITIONED FROM THE CURRENT
DVB-S STANDARD TO A MORE EFFICIENT DVB-S2
STANDARD.
TODAY THE NWS AWIPS PROGRAM IS RELEASING
THE NEW NOAAPORT /SBN/ LINK BUDGET PARAMETERS
AND CHARACTERISTICS DATA FOR ALL CUSTOMERS IN
SUPPORT OF THIS TRANSITION.
NEW NOAAPORT /SBN/
LINK BUDGET PARAMETERS AND CHARACTERISTICS
DATA RATE.................................30240 kbps
MODULATION PHASES.........................8
CODING RATE...............................2/3
SATELLITE.................................SES-1
TRANSPONDER INPUT BACKOFF.................7.0 dB
TRANSPONDER OUTPUT BACKOFF................4.0 dB
ATTENUATOR SETTING........................14 dB
CARRIER TO INTERFERENCE RATIO.............16.0 dB
TRANSPONDER USABLE BANDWIDTH..............36 MHz
FADED SYSTEM MARGIN.......................1.0 dB
UPLINK SITE-MASTER GROUND STATION.........Hauppauge NY
TRANSPONDER CENTER FREQUENCY..............6225 MHz
TRANSMIT EIRP.............................68.8 dBW
FREE SPACE PATH LOSS......................199.9 dB
UPLINK RAIN MARGIN........................1.0 dB
SATURATED SATELLITE FLUX DENSITY..........-98.2 dBW/m2
EFFECTIVE SATELLITE FLUX DENSITY..........-84.2 dBW/m2
UPLINK FREQUENCY..........................6233 MHz
DOWNLINK FREQUENCY........................4008 MHz
DOWNLINK POLARIZATION.....................vertical
NWS WFO DSIH /CONUS EXCLUDING FRINGE/.....Two sizes
..........................................3.7 meter
..........................................3.8 meter
NWS WFO Dish /CONUS FRINGE/...............4.5 meter
NWS WFO Dish /AK, HI, AND PR/.............7.3 meter
UPLINKS Dish /MGS - GLOBECOMM/............9.3 Meter
UPLINKS Dish /BMGS - FAIRMONT, WV/........7.3 meter
NOTE 1 - CONUS FRINGE INCLUDES GULF COAST REGION
PARTS OF FLORIDA AND MAINE
NOTE 2 - DATA CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT THE URL BELOW
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NOAAPORT/HTML/NOAAPORT.SHTML
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTACT
US VIA EMAIL AT THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESS
NWS.NOAAPORT.SUPPORT/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
THANK YOU
NWS NOAAPORT SUPPORT TEAM
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
HTTP/COLON///WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML
DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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