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NOXX10 KWBC 032030
DATA MGT MESSAGE 05-11.2
TO NOAAPORT USERS
FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT
SUBJECT SBN/NOAAPORT EXPANSION/HARDWARE UPGRADE/NOTICE - 009
WHAT - SBN/NOAAPORT EXPANSION AND HARDWARE UPGRADE
DATE - APRIL 28 2011
NOTICE - 009
SBN ACTIVATION INFORMATION - APRIL 28 2011
THE NWS CONTINUES TO ANALYZE/TROUBLESHOOT THE
PROBLEM WITH THE NEW -SBN/NOAAPORT- SIGNAL AND
DATA FLOW. DURING THIS PAST WEEK THE NWS HAS
MOVED TO A NEW FREQUENCY --1154.15MHZ--.
ADDITIONALLY A SWITCH TO THE BACKUP MASTER
GROUND STATION /BMGS/ IS BEING CONSIDERED
TO HELP WITH TROUBLESHOOTING. THE SWITCH IS
CURRENTLY ON HOLD TILL THE CRITICAL WEATHER
DAY WINDOW HAS BEEN RELEASED BY THE SDM.
IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION WILL BE PROVIDED VIA
ALL AVAILABLE CHANNELS TO KEEP ALL CUSTOMERS
APPRAISED.
WE CONTINUE TO URGE OUR CUSTOMERS TO ONLY USE
THE DVB-S2 SIGNAL FOR TESTING PURPOSES TILL
THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN FULLY RESOLVED.
AN EXTENSION OF THE DUAL ILLUMINATION WINDOW
IS BEING PLANNED AND MORE INFORMATION WILL BE
FORTHCOMING ONCE A RESOLUTION IS IDENTIFIED.
PLANNING DATES
1. DUAL ILLUMINATION DATES - APR 17TH TO TBD
2. DECOMMISSION OLD DVB-S DOWNLINK - TBD
ALL TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AS WELL AS UPDATES
FOR THIS UPGRADE CAN BE FOUND ON THE FOLLOWING
WEB PAGE
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/NOAAPORT/HTML/NOAAPORT.SHTML
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR ENCOUNTER ANY PROBLEMS
PLEASE REPORT THE PROBLEM TO THE NOAAPORT
SUPPORT TEAM USING THE EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW.
NWS.NOAAPORT -AT- NOAA.GOV
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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