DM08-12.01 AWIPS SBN/NOAAPORT DATA FEED SWITCH
Effective: 2012/08/07 UTC

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NOXX10 KWBC  071141

DATA MGT MESSAGE 08-12.01

TO  NOAAPORT USERS

FROM  RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT

SUBJECT  AWIPS SBN/NOAAPORT DATA FEED SWITCH

THE UPLINK OF THE AWIPS SBN WILL BE SWITCHED

FROM THE HAUPPAUGE   NY MASTER GROUND STATION

TO THE FAIRMONT   WV MASTER GROUND STATION

AT 1415Z ON TUESDAY   AUGUST 7TH.  THE FAIRMONT

MASTER GROUND STATION WILL REMAIN ACTIVE UNTIL

1615Z ON TUESDAY   AUGUST 7TH   WHEN UPLINK WILL BE

RETURNED TO HAUPPAUGE /AMGS/. 

NO DATA INTERRUPTION IS EXPECTED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

NCF

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2011/03
DM09-10.02 SBN/NOAAPORT EXPANSION AND HARDWARE UPGRADE/NOTICE 001

NOXX10 KWBC  081521
DATA MGT MESSAGE 09-10.02

TO  NOAAPORT USERS

FROM  RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT

SUBJECT  SBN/NOAAPort Expansion AND Hardware Upgrade/NOTICE 001


EFFECTIVE DATE  MARCH 2011


The AWIPS Program Office /APO/ is planning on expanding the 
bandwidth on the AWIPS Satellite Broadcast Network /SBN/NOAAPort/
feed from 10.24Mbps to about 30Mbps.  

As part of this expansion, the SBN/NOAAPort feed will also be 
transitioning from the current DVB-S standard to the more 
efficient DVB-S2 standard.  Accordingly  all sites will be 
required to upgrade their hardware to support the DVB-S2 standard.

As technical specifications are finalized AND hardened, the APO will
provide monthly message updates via multiple dissemination methods 
as well as the NOAAPort webpage: 

	http://www.nws.noaa.gov/noaaport/html/noaaport.shtml

To aid our customers with the transition, there will be a 30 day 
window (March 5th 2011 – April 3rd 2011) of dual illumination to 
allow AWIPS sites and NOAAPort customers adequate time to complete 
the transition.  During this transition period, the full 
SBN/NOAAPort feed will be disseminated both in DVB-S and DVB-S2.   

Internally, NWS plans to use backwardly-compatible receive-side 
hardware (to enable the equipment transition to commence prior to 
the dual illumination period).  

The driving force of this bandwidth expansion and hardware upgrade
is to support the dissemination of additional data products over the
SBN / NOAAport such as:

•	Dual Polarization Radar Products
•	GOES and POES Satellite Products
•	Analysis and Forecast Products (e.g., NCEP Models)

Current plans dictate that any new, voluminous product additions will
need to be held till after the initial SBN bandwidth expansion phase 
has been completed.  The SBN product additions will be described 
further in subsequent notices. 

If you have any questions, we encourage you to contact us via email 
at the following email address: 

NWS.NOAAPort.Support@noaa.gov


Thank you,
NWS NOAAPort Support Team


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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

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