Re: [ldm-users] noaaport signal

Sandy.  And the basic issue of having your primary and secondary uplinks so 
geographically close to one another.

Secondary should be in Kansas City.



"Patrick L. Francis" <wxprofessor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
>
>Noaaporters / ldmers,
>
> 
>
>I have alarms setup so that if signal lock or data lock is lost for '1
>second' I receive an alert. These alerts have been sent off and on over
>the
>last few days, and then from last night through this afternoon fairly
>consistently. Data in most instances is streaming through, but I am
>still
>obviously concerned.
>
> 
>
>As most of you know I have chart compilations from various sources that
>share their noaaport information here:
>
>http://wn.hamweather.net/
>
> 
>
>If you look closely under "Carrier to Noise," the big (and beautiful!)
>chart
>Stonie Cooper provides, shows that even with his massive dish, he is
>showing
>missing frames with burps in his ratio. Note other sources such as Gary
>Shuford in New Orleans, Jose Nieves in Puerto Rico, and mine at the top
>also
>show problems.
>
> 
>
>Under signal strength, notice that Jose, Gary, and myself all three are
>showing a loss of signal.
>
> 
>
>I checked spaceweather.com so solar flares don't seem to be an issue,
>and
>had one of our techs go up and "kick the dish," but the problems still
>persist. What's really odd is that overall, data still seems to flow
>though
>there is a burp in the signal. Is it possibly an uplink issue somehow
>due to
>sandy, or an issue with the sat itself? I know sniffing the signal
>every
>'second' is a bit much, but I've been doing it for years and have never
>seen
>anything like this before.
>
> 
>
>Cheers,
>
> 
>
>--patrick
>
> 
>
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>
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>
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>
>Media Logic Group / HAMWeather
>
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