Re: [ldm-users] New NOAAport DVB-S2 update (Very important!)

Gilbert - for public consumption, the S300 is not set to ship until mid to late March. The specs were just released, and although Raytheon and Globecomm have tested the latest Novra solution, no test period had been announced to the larger user community . . . and supposedly has already passed. In other words, Raytheon and Globecomm had a big party, and no one else was invited. 

The S300 will be $75 to $150 more than the S200.

Stonie

On 01/12/2011 10:18 PM, Gilbert Sebenste wrote:

Note: I cannot find the Novra S-300 anywhere on Novra's website, or
anywhere on the Web. I'm contacting my Novra contact about this S-300.
The Novra S-200 will not work for the new broadcast. D'oh!!!

Gilbert

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:25:20 -0500
From: Jami Casamento <Jami.Casamento@xxxxxxxx>
To: Gilbert Sebenste <sebenste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: NOAAport questions

Gilbert,
I just received the following information regarding the SBN Expansion
project:

/The AWIPS Program has selected the following Receiver for the SBN /
NOAAPort Expansion project:* Novra S-300 (Enhanced DVB-S2 Receiver)*. We
will be implementing a single data stream that will require variable
coding modulation (*VCM*) over multi-protocol encapsulation (*MPE*)
which is supported by the Novra S-300 receiver. We understand that one
or more other models of DVB-S2 Receivers also may be suitable.

Attached is our DVB-S2 Receiver Specification sheet.

(Gilbert's note: see http://weather.admin.niu.edu/s300.pdf for the
attachment.)

You will need to upgrade to a receiver that supports VCM (like the Novra
*S-300)*. The S-200 does not support VCM!

Thanks,
-Jami

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