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-------- Original Message -------- NOXX10 KWBC 031533 DATA MGT MESSAGE 03-11.4 TO NOAAPORT USERS FROM RTH WASHINGTON DATA MANAGEMENT SUBJECT SBN/NOAAPORT EXPANSION AND HARDWARE UPGRADE/NOTICE - 003 UPDATE OF NOTICE 002 TO IDENTIFY NEW NOAAPORT /SBN/ LINK BUDGET PARAMETERS AND CHARACTERISTICS 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 THE AWIPS PROGRAM OFFICE IS CONTINUING WITH ITS PLANS TO EXPAND THE BANDWIDTH OF THE AWIPS SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK SBN/NOAAPORT FEED FROM 10.24 MBPS TO ABOUT 30 MBPS IN MAY 2011. AS PART OF THIS EXPANSION THE SBN/NOAAPORT SIGNAL WILL BE TRANSITIONED FROM THE CURRENT DVB-S STANDARD TO A MORE EFFICIENT DVB-S2 STANDARD. TODAY THE NWS AWIPS PROGRAM IS RELEASING THE NEW NOAAPORT /SBN/ LINK BUDGET PARAMETERS AND CHARACTERISTICS DATA FOR ALL CUSTOMERS IN SUPPORT OF THIS TRANSITION. NEW NOAAPORT /SBN/ LINK BUDGET PARAMETERS AND CHARACTERISTICS DATA RATE.................................30240 kbps MODULATION PHASES.........................8 CODING RATE...............................2/3 SATELLITE.................................SES-1 TRANSPONDER INPUT BACKOFF.................7.0 dB TRANSPONDER OUTPUT BACKOFF................4.0 dB ATTENUATOR SETTING........................14 dB CARRIER TO INTERFERENCE RATIO.............16.0 dB TRANSPONDER USABLE BANDWIDTH..............36 MHz FADED SYSTEM MARGIN.......................1.0 dB UPLINK SITE-MASTER GROUND STATION.........Hauppauge NY TRANSPONDER CENTER FREQUENCY..............6225 MHz TRANSMIT EIRP.............................68.8 dBW FREE SPACE PATH LOSS......................199.9 dB UPLINK RAIN MARGIN........................1.0 dB SATURATED SATELLITE FLUX DENSITY..........-98.2 dBW/m2 EFFECTIVE SATELLITE FLUX DENSITY..........-84.2 dBW/m2 UPLINK FREQUENCY..........................6233 MHz DOWNLINK FREQUENCY........................4008 MHz DOWNLINK POLARIZATION.....................vertical NWS WFO DSIH /CONUS EXCLUDING FRINGE/.....Two sizes ..........................................3.7 meter ..........................................3.8 meter NWS WFO Dish /CONUS FRINGE/...............4.5 meter NWS WFO Dish /AK, HI, AND PR/.............7.3 meter UPLINKS Dish /MGS - GLOBECOMM/............9.3 Meter UPLINKS Dish /BMGS - FAIRMONT, WV/........7.3 meter NOTE 1 - CONUS FRINGE INCLUDES GULF COAST REGION PARTS OF FLORIDA AND MAINE NOTE 2 - DATA CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT THE URL BELOW WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NOAAPORT/HTML/NOAAPORT.SHTML IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTACT US VIA EMAIL AT THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESS NWS.NOAAPORT.SUPPORT/AT SYMBOL/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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