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098 NOXX10 KWBC 142022 DATA MGT MESSAGE 03-03.18 EFFECTIVE MARCH 18 2003 TO AWIPS/NOAAPORT USERS... FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT THE NOAAPORT SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK /SBN/ UPLINK STRENGTH WILL BE REDUCED BY 1.0 DB ON TUESDAY MARCH 18 2003. THIS MESSAGE WILL BE RESENT THE DAY PRIOR TO THE 1.0 DB SIGNAL REDUCTION. WE WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED OF ANY CHANGES. THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL 1.0 DB SIGNAL STRENGTH REDUCTION MADE DURING THE NEXT ROUTINE FAILOVER/SWITCHBACK OF MASTER GROUND STATIONS. THIS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MARCH 24 AND MID APRIL. NOTIFICATION WILL BE PROVIDED ONCE THE DATE IS DETERMINED. THIS ACTION IS BEING TAKEN AFTER A REVIEW OF THE NOAAPORT LINK BUDGET BY NWS AND ITS CONTRACTORS. IT WAS DETERMINED THE UPLINK SIGNAL STRENGTH WAS TOO HIGH AND THESE ACTIONS WILL BRING THE SIGNAL STRENGTH CLOSER TO ITS SPECIFIED LEVEL. TECHNICAL QUESTIONS REGARDING NOAAPORT SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS SHOULD BE REFERRED TO PHIL CRAGG. HIS E-MAIL ADDRESS IS PHIL.CRAGG/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV AND SHOULD BE IN LOWER CASE. HIS PHONE NUMBER IS 301-713-0304 EXT. 134 THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT WEB PAGE UNDER DATA MANAGEMENT NOTICES. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW. NOTE THE URL SHOULD BE TYPED IN ALL LOWER CASE. HTTP TO WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/INDEX.HTML DATA MANAGEMENT TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER RTH WASHINGTON SENDS ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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