Good afternoon John,
I have bad news for you: they are the cheapest of the receivers that is able to
receive NOAAport, unfortunately…and yes, I know, they aren’t cheap. The next
least priciest is one that costs well over $1,000, and they go up to $20,000.
So…save up the pennies, I get it…and then get the Novra S300N. You might want
to try on Ebay to see if someone is selling it less expensively.
All the best,
Gilbert Sebenste
Meteorology Support Analyst
College of DuPage
From: John 'JT' Lamb <bigbearjt@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2023 3:44 PM
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NOAAPORT <noaaport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; LDM <ldm-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [ldm-users] [External] Re: NOAAPort/SBN Satellite Transition
Greetings!
So, I'm a disabled amateur meteorologist who would like to pull the
NOAAPort/SBN feed down to my home. I have a dish, LNB and a dedicated server
ready for it, but the price of the Novra S300N is out of my budget unless I
punt it into 2024 or 2025. I've had up to 300 level classes in meteorology but
my skills are getting rusty and I'd prefer to have my own data feed so I can
flag the products I want and build a video wall.
Are there other good receivers out on the market that will work for this
without the premium price of the Novra?
John Lamb - N9KDK
Champlin, MN (not sure about this new 121 location, glares at neighbor's tree)
On 2/7/23 13:44, Sebenste, Gilbert wrote:
When we moved our dish yesterday at the College of DuPage, there was no signal
on 990 MHz, but there was on 1130 MHz. We realized that the downconversion by
5150 MHZ means hat it should be on 1130, and sure enough, that’s where we found
it. It’s a “hotter” signal than the old NOAAport signal by over 3 Dbm…and more
stable. Now to get data flowing across it…
Gilbert Sebenste
Meteorology Support Analyst
College of DuPage
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Subject: [External] Re: [ldm-users] NOAAPort/SBN Satellite Transition
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Greetings all,
The NWS has updated their NOAAPort/SBN Transition schedule. The new dates are
as follows:
=======================================
12 NOV 2022: G31 Launch Date
5 FEB 2023: Dual Illumination Period
17 FEB 2023: Receive Site Transition Window Start
31 MAR 2023: Receive Site Transition Window Ends
3 APR 2023: AWIPS Transition to G31 Complete
=======================================
The SCN also mentions a change to "the RF Frequency." However, since they took
down the previous SCN I don't recall what the frequencies were before, so I'm
not sure which one was changed or what the previous values were. Here are the
values listed in the current SCN:
Satellite (G31) specifications/AWIPS
-- RF Frequency: 1130 MHz
Satellite (G31) specifications/NWWS
-- RF Frequency: 990 MHz
For more information here is the full SCN that just came out with this
information:
https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf_2023_24/scn22-77_sbn_galaxy31_change_aab.pdf
Best,
-Mike
Mike Zuranski
Data Engineer II
Unidata Program Center
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 3:22 PM Mike Zuranski
<mzuranski@xxxxxxxx<mailto:mzuranski@xxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Greetings,
The NWS has released additional details of the NOAAPort/SBN transition to a new
satellite. All indications continue to show that satellite will be Galaxy-31
located at 121 degrees West.
Key dates for the timeline:
12 NOV 2022: G31 Launch Date
5 FEB 2023: Dual Illumination Period
10 FEB 2023: Receive Site Transition Window Start
31 MAR 2023: Receive Site Transition Window Ends
3 APR 2023: AWIPS Transition to G31 Complete
The full Service Change Notice can be found here:
https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf_2023_24/scn22-77_sbn_galaxy31_change_aaa.pdf
We will continue to relay any and all information regarding this transition as
it becomes available.
Best,
-Mike
Mike Zuranski
Data Engineer II
Unidata Program Center
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
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