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-------- Original Message -------- NOXX10 KWBC 151408 DATA MGT MESSAGE 04-11.2 TO NOAAPORT USERS FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT SUBJECT SBN/NOAAPORT EXPANSION/HARDWARE UPGRADE/NOTICE - 006 WHAT - SBN/NOAAPORT EXPANSION AND HARDWARE UPGRADE DATE - APRIL 152011 NOTICE - 006 SBN ACTIVATION INFORMATION - APRIL 18 2011 THE NEW -SBN/NOAAPORT- SIGNAL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR ACTIVATION THE MORNING OF 04/18/11-1300Z. PLANNING DATES 1. PLANNED IMPLEMENTATION DATE - APRIL 18 2. DUAL ILLUMINATION DATES - APR 18 TO MAY 17 3. DECOMMISSION OLD DVB-S DOWNLINK - MAY 17 AS EVERYONE IS AWARE THE AWIPS PROGRAM IS IN THE PROCESS OF EXPANDING THE BANDWIDTH ON THE AWIPS SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK -SBN/NOAAPORT- FEED FROM ABOUT 10MBPS TO ABOUT 30MBPS. AS PART OF THIS EXPANSIONTHE FEED WILL BE TRANSITIONING FROM A DVB-S TO A DVB-S2 STANDARD. ACCORDINGLYALL SITES WILL BE REQUIRED TO UPGRADE THEIR HARDWARE TO SUPPORT THE DVB-S2 STANDARD. ALL TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AS WELL AS UPDATES ON THE PROJECT ARE AVAILABLE ON THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGEWWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/NOAAPORT/HTML/NOAAPORT.SHTML <http://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/NOAAPORT/HTML/NOAAPORT.SHTML>
A 30 DAY WINDOW OF DUAL ILLUMINATION IS PLANNED TO ALLOW NWS SITES AND NOAAPORT CUSTOMERS TIME TO COMPLETE THE TRANSITION. DURING THIS PERIODTHE FULL -SBN/NOAAPORT- FEED WILL BE DISSEMINATED IN BOTH DVB-S AND DVB-S2. INTERNALLYNWS PLANS TO USE BACKWARDLY-COMPATIBLE RECEIVE-SIDE HARDWARE TO ENABLE THE EQUIPMENT TRANSITION TO COMMENCE PRIOR TO THE DUAL ILLUMINATION PERIOD. AFTER MAY 17THTHE ONLY SIGNAL DISSEMINATED OVER THE -SBN/NOAAPORT- WILL BE IN DVB-S2. THIS NEW AND INCREASED -SBN/NOAAPORT- BANDWIDTH WHICH WILL HELP TO ENABLE DISSEMINATION OF THE NEW PRODUCTS THAT ARE ON THE HORIZON FOR OUR CUSTOMERS WILL MAKE THIS A VERY EXCITING CHANGE FOR EVERYONE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONSWE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTACT US VIA EMAIL AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS NWS.NOAAPORT -AT- NOAA.GOV THANK YOU NWS NOAAPORT SUPPORT TEAM THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE NWS DATA MANAGEMENT CHANGE NOTICES WEB PAGE. THE URL IS LISTED BELOW. HTTP/COLON///WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/DATAMGMT/NOTICES.SHTML DATA MANAGEMENT TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER RTH WASHINGTON SENDS NNNN
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