NOAAport down again

[Gilbert Sebenste]

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007, patrick at hamweather.com wrote:

> as of 8am signal integrity has not improved..

Yep...I suspect that a new signal has signed on, on the satellite that 
carries NOAAport...and it's either overloading the satellite with a very 
strong signal, or "splattering" its signal onto the NOAAport channel. The 
NOAAport signal is weak, so it wouldn't take much.

NOXX01 KWBC 221230 (7:30 AM CT)
SPECIAL OUTAGE NOTICE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DATA TO THE USA VIA NCF
FACILITY IS EXPERIENCING INTERMMITT DELAYS BECAUSE
OF FREQUENCY INTERRUPTIONS TO THE SATELLITE. THEY
ARE PRESENTLY WORKING TO RESOLVE THESE PROBLEMS.
YOUR PATIENCE IN THIS MATTER IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

KWBC TECH CONTROL AT SILVER SPRING MD  301-713-0902

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