Hey everyone,
After extensive testing and fixing issues this past weekend,
a final test was performed on the new NOAAport this morning,
and it worked fine. I am now getting zero packet loss, even
when they were testing by slamming 70 mb/sec of sustained
throughput in the pipeline. That was just darn impressive.
Anyway, as of 17Z today, the fun has begun. Several people went
through the hard work this weekend, along with myself, to help
NOAA make sure all was well. Now it's your turn! The NWS began
switching their Novra receivers to the new broadcast as of
17Z today; see below. You have 27 days to switch over before
you lose your NOAAport feed...unless you want the HRRR which
will be sent on, and only on, the new NOAAport feed, as of 12Z
on the 23rd. Then you obviously only have 21 days to test
and switch over. Also, as a side note, the NOAA Weather Wire Service,
broadcast as a "subchannel", if you will, to NOAAport...is also
up and running. The Novra and LDM version 6.12.4 handle it
flawlessly.
Have fun! Note the ISI and modulation coding changes that were made
this past weekend based on test results. See below.
Gilbert
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Gilbert Sebenste ********
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Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University ****
E-mail: sebenste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ***
web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu **
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NOXX01 KWBC 031415
FROM - NWSTG
TO - ALL
SUBJECT - SBN / NOAAPORT EXPANSION UPDATE 010
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THE AWIPS PROGRAM WILL BEGIN TRANSITIONING NWS SITES
TODAY BEGINNING AT 1700Z
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IMPORTANT UPDATED RECEIVER SETTINGS
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RF FREQ - 1110 MHZ
MODULATION/CODING - 16PSK - 2/3
ISI - 18
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THE PLANNED TRANSITION SCHEDULE FOR NWS OFFICES FOLLOWS
BELOW
RD 1 / NON-OPERATIONAL SITES - 09/03/14
RD 2 / EASTERN, ALASKA, PACIFIC REGION SITES - 09/08/14
RD 3 / SOUTHERN REGION SITES - 09/10/14
RD 4 / CENTRAL REGION SITES - 09/15/14
RD 5 / WESTERN REGION SITES - 09/17/14
ON OCTOBER 1, 2014, THE CURRENT SBN/NOAAPORT FEED WILL BE
TERMINATED AND THE SBN/NOAAPORT FEED WILL ONLY BE
DISSEMINATED VIA THE NEW DOWNLINK FREQUENCY.
THE INCREASED SBN/NOAAPORT BANDWIDTH WILL ALLOW FOR THE
DISSEMINATION OF A WIDE RANGE OF NEW AND ENHANCED WEATHER
PRODUCTS AND IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR US.
IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY TYPE OF PROBLEMS OR ISSUES, WE WOULD
ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CALL THE TOC AT 301.713.0902 OR SEND
AN EMAIL TO TOC.NWSTG -AT- NOAA.GOV. YOU CAN ALSO SEND AN
EMAIL TO NWS.NOAAPORT.SUPPORT -AT- NOAA.GOV.
NWSTG/KMC
