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[ldm-users] NOAAport back to normal power, however...

NOAAport is back to it's usual power. But there's something different about the signal now. While my signal strength hasn't changed, right at 30 dBm and 90% signal "strength" on my Novra S200...the broadcast is "cleaner" by at least 2 dB. That is, the signal to noise (or carrier to noise) ratio is considerably higher. This is further confirmed by Jose Nieves in Puerto Rico, whose EbNo is now at an impressive 12.2, and usually, it's around 7-8, and by Patrick'ss chart up in Minneapolis, where he's getting a C/N of right around 14! NOAA requires that the EbNo be above 6. Could there have been some long-standing issue that kept the S:N ratio down until now, that got fixed in all this mess? I believe so. I'm getting a Carrier to Noise of ~11.5, which is very good in very moist conditions (I have drizzle and dense fog right now at my dish farm, and the sounding profile is pretty moist for this time of year!).
Perhaps the most obvious example of the cleaner signal is the College of DuPage. With their 3.0 meter dish, they usually struggle to get reception...but they are still getting a VBER of zero after NOAA turned the power down, with perfect reception, with dense fog and drizzle as I type this at their dish farm. 

http://wn.hamweather.net/relays.html

http://noaaport.admin.niu.edu:8025

http://www.opennoaaport.net:8025

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Gilbert Sebenste                                                     ********
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