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For what it's worth, we're seeing the same thing here in Savannah, occasional big drops in the C/N ratio for a couple hours, then back to normal: http://hurricane.methaz.org/tracking/noaaport/index.html So far it hasn't caused any uncorrectables or dropped packets, but it is curious. Wrong time of year for solar interference - maybe a UFO :)? Chuck Chuck Watson Watson Technical Consulting http://hurricane.methaz.org, Tel 912.398.9753 "In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!" -- Homer Simpson On May 17, 2012, at 10:27 PM, wx professor wrote: >> And inexplicably, as seen across all the NOAAport servers >> publicly plotting signal strength, VBER and Carrier to Noise (C/N)... >> the signal and C/N dropped for about an hour today at 17Z, and then >> both came back up to *near* where they were before all of this started last >> Tuesday. My C/N is now up to 14.5 or so, up from 13.0, down from 15.0 that I >> usually get. > > We also noticed shifts in signal quality today... as before, newer > times on the chart linked below are on the right-hand side... our 10 > foot dish is usually quite stable. > > http://wn.hamweather.net/cn_05172012.png > > cheers, > > --patrick > > _______________________________________________ > ldm-users mailing list > ldm-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For list information or to unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/
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