NOAAPORT EXPANSION

 UPDATED 5/12/2011

 THE AWIPS PROGRAM OFFICE IS CONTINUING WITH ITS PLANS TO EXPAND THE BANDWIDTH OF THE NOAAPORT SATELLITE BROADCAST NETWORK FEED FROM 10.24 MBPS TO ABOUT 30 MBPS DURING APRIL THRU JUNE 2011.

AS PART OF THIS EXPANSION THE NOAAPORT SIGNAL WILL BE TRANSITIONED FROM THE CURRENT DVB-S STANDARD TO A MORE EFFICIENT DVB-S2 STANDARD.

ACCORDINGLY ALL SITES WILL BE REQUIRED TO UPGRADE THEIR HARDWARE TO SUPPORT THE DVB-S2 STANDARD.  THE CURRENT NOAAPORT DVB-S SATELLITE RECEIVERS WILL NO LONGER WORK SOMETIME AFTER MAY 17. 

ALL NOAAPORT SYSTEMS WILL HAVE TO UPGRADE TO NEW DVB-S2 SATELLITE RECEIVERS. 

CONTACT JEFF NELSON AT MARTA SYSTEMS ( JEFF@MARTASYSTEMS.COM ) IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ORDER A DVB-S2 RECEIVER.

A PERIOD OF DUAL ILLUMINATION IS PLANNED TO ALLOW NWS SITES AND NOAAPORT CUSTOMERS TIME TO COMPLETE THE TRANSITION. DURING THIS PERIOD  THE FULL NOAAPORT- FEED WILL BE DISSEMINATED IN BOTH DVB-S AND DVB-S2.

OPERATIONAL ACTIVATION OF THE NEW NOAAPORT- SIGNAL WILL TAKE PLACE ON MAY 20, 2011.

THE DUAL ILLUMINATION WILL REMAIN ACTIVE TILL THE EVENING OF JUNE 17TH 2011. THIS WILL ALLOW NOAAPORT CUSTOMERS ADEQUATE TIME TO COMPLETE THE TRANSITION.

THE NWS ALSO CONFIRMED THE NEW FREQUENCY FOR THE NEW NOAAPORT SIGNAL WILL BE --1154.15MHZ--.

PLANNING DATES

1. DUAL ILLUMINATION DATES

START: APRIL 17, 2011

END: JUNE 17, 2011 - 2359Z (8:00PM EST)

2. DECOMMISSION DVB-S

END: JUNE 18, 2011 - 0001Z