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898 NOUS72 KNCF 061749 ADMNCF PLEASE PASS TO MIC/HIC, ESA, AND SOO SUBJ: AWIPS SBN INTERRUPTIONS DUE TO SOLAR ECLIPSE FROM 22 FEBRUARY UNTIL 18 MARCH, THE SUN WILL ALIGN WITH THE GE-4 SPACECRAFT IN SUCH A WAY THAT SOLAR RF ENERGY WILL DEGRADE OR INTERRUPT RECEIPT OF AWIPS SBN TRANSMISSION FOR MANY SITES. THIS INTERFERENCE WILL BEGIN BETWEEN 18:30Z AND 19:10Z AND LAST FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES EACH DAY OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT 10 DAYS AT EACH SITE DURING THE SOLAR ECLIPSE INTERVAL THE AWIPS SBN AUTOMATIC RETRANSMISSION FEATURE WILL ENSURE THAT AWIPS SITES DOES NOT EXPERIENCE DATA LOSS FOR THE NWSTG AND NOAAPORT CHANNELS. THERE IS NO RETRANSMISSION CAPABILITY FOR THE GOES-E AND GOES-W CHANNELS, SO THERE MAY BE SOME GOES DATA LOSS DURING THE SOLAR OUTAGE PERIOD. Ncf/kbb ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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