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Gilbert
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Gilbert Sebenste ********
(My opinions only!) ******
Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University ****
E-mail: sebenste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ***
web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu **
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NIU_Weather **
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105
NOXX10 KWBC 290958
MESSAGE 05-14.01
TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS... FAMILY OF SERVICES/FOS/SUBSCRIBERS...
EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK //EMWIN//
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE //NWS// CUSTOMERS... WAFS USERS...
GTS USERS... NWS FAX CHART USERS
FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT
SUBJECT SBN/NOAAPORT EXPANSION UPDATE
NOTICE 003
THE AWIPS PROGRAM OFFICE IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE IN THE
PROCESS OF
EXPANDING THE AVAILABLE BANDWIDTH ON THE AWIPS SATELLITE BROADCAST
NETWORK --SBN/NOAAPORT- FEED TO ABOVE 60MBPS.
AS PART OF THIS EXPANSION... THE FEED WILL CONTINUE TO USE THE
CURRENT
DVB-S2 STANDARD AS WELL AS POINT TO THE --SES1- SATELLITE.THE
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS AS WELL AS UPDATES ON THE SBN EXPANSION PROJECT HAVE
BEEN POSTED ON OUR WEBPAGE.PLEASE REVIEW,
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/noaaport/html/noaaport.shtml
A 45 DAY WINDOW OF DUAL ILLUMINATION WILL BE ACTIVATED FROM AUGUST
172014
THRU SEPTEMBER30 2014 TO ALLOW AMPLE TIME FOR ALL NWS AND NOAAPORT
CUSTOMERS TO COMPLETE THE TRANSITION.DURING THIS PERIODTHE FULL
SBN/NOAAPORT FEED WILL BE AVAILABLE ON TWO DIFFERENT DOWN LINK
FREQUENCIES.
ON OCTOBER 12014THE SBN/NOAAPORT FEED WILL ONLY BE DISSEMINATED VIA
THE NEW DOWN LINK 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 HAVE ANY QUESTIONSWE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTACT US VIA EMAIL AT
THE
FOLLOWING ADDRESS.
NWS.NOAAPORT.SUPPORT --AT- NOAA.GOV
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
<http://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML>
DATA MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS
