Yes! This should be a very good thing. I hope this gets us back
to where we were, signal wise...if all goes well.
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NOXX10 KWBC 091105
DATA MGT MESSAGE 06-10.01
TO NOAAPORT USERS
FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT
SUBJECT AWIPS SBN/NOAAPORT DATA FEED SWTICH
EFFECTIVE DATE BETWEEN 0730Z AND 0745Z TUESDAY JUNE 15
ON JUNE 15, 2010 BETWEEN 0730Z AND 0745Z, THE AWIPS SBN/NOAAPORT
DATA FEED WILL BE SWITCHED FROM THE EXISTING SATELLITE,
AMC-2, TO THE SES-1 SATELLITE. THE SATELLITE PROVIDER, SES
AMERICOM, IS MAKING THE SWITCH AS PART OF A SATELLITE
REPLACEMENT. SATELLITE SIGNAL PARAMETERS AND POSITIONING
ON SES-1 WILL BE IDENTICAL TO THAT OF AMC-2. NO SATELLITE
RECEIVE EQUIPMENT ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE REQUIRED. ONLY A 10
TO 20 SECOND INTERRUPTION IS ANTICIPATED AS AMC-2 IS DEACTIVATED
AND SES-1 IS ACTIVATED. ALL AWIPS PRODUCTS IMPACTED BY THE
TRANSITION WILL BE RETRANSMITTED AFTER THE EVENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY /NCF/
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT
CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/datamgmt/notices.shtml
DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
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Gilbert Sebenste ********
(My opinions only!) ******
Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University ****
E-mail: sebenste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ***
web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu **
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