This came out from the National Weather Service early this morning...
very interesting! This summer, NOAAport is going from 30 mb/sec to 60+
mb/sec (DVB-S2 can handle bursts up to 100 mb/sec). I don't know where
the NWS got the funding for this, but this news is significant and
wonderful! And for those of you who get the NOAAport feed, all you need
to do is point your receiver (for most of you, that's the Novra box) to
the new frequency to get it (and get a new ingester box if it's a clunky
Pentium 4, but otherwise, no other changes need to be made).
EXCEPT...of course....make sure you have the bandwidth to handle
this! This doubles and, in peak bursts, triples what you are
seeing now coming across the feed.
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NOXX01 KWBC 261145
FROM.....NWSTG
TO.......ALL
SUBJECT..SBN/NOAAPORT EXPANSION UPDATE
NOTICE 001
THE AWIPS PROGRAM OFFICE IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF EXPANDING THE AVAILABLE
BANDWIDTH ON THE AWIPS SATELLITE BROADCAST
NETWORK SBN/NOAAPORT FEED TO ABOVE 60MBPS.
AS PART OF THIS EXPANSION, THE FEED WILL CONTINUE
TO USE THE CURRENT DVB/S2 STANDARD AS WELL AS
POINT TO THE SES1 SATELLITE. THE TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS AS WELL AS UPDATES ON THE SBN
EXPANSION PROJECT WILL BE POSTED ON OUR WEBPAGE
IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
A 45 DAY WINDOW OF DUAL ILLUMINATION WILL BE
ACTIVATED FROM AUGUST 17, 2014 THROUGH SEPTEMBER
30, 2014 TO ALLOW AMPLE TIME FOR ALL NWS AND
NOAAPORT CUSTOMERS TO COMPLETE THE TRANSITION.
DURING THIS PERIOD, THE FULL SBN/NOAAPORT FEED
WILL BE AVAILABLE ON TWO DIFFERENT DOWNLINK
FREQUENCIES.
ON OCTOBER 1, 2014, THE SBN/NOAAPORT FEED WILL
ONLY BE DISSEMINATED VIA THE NEW TRANSPONDER
SUPPORTING THE NEW BANDWIDTH CAPABILITY.
THE INCREASED SBN/NOAAPORT BANDWIDTH WILL
ALLOW FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF A WIDE RANGE OF
NEW AND ENHANCED WEATHER PRODUCTS. IF YOU HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTACT US
VIA EMAIL AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS.
NWS.NOAAPORT.SUPPORT -AT- NOAA.GOV
NWSTG/KMC
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