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> Hello- > > I'm running an LDM (129.82.225.8) at Colorado State University and am > trying to acquire the NEXRAD Level 3 Short-Range Base Reflectivity feed > for the lowest 2 tilts from the Minneapolis station. The pertinent lines > in my ldmd.conf file look like this: > > REQUEST NEXRAD2 ^(L2-BZIP2/(KMPX)/.*$) idd.unidata.ucar.edu > REQUEST NNEXRAD "/p(N0R|N1R)(MSP)" idd.unidata.ucar.edu > > The Level 2 feed is coming through just fine but the Level 3 data is > not. I adapted the NNEXRAD line above from the "How to get NOAAPORT > NEXRAD Data via the LDM" page. Can you please help me get this up and > running? > > FYI, I also clicked on the "NEXRAD Site List" link > (http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/data/floaters/nexlist.html) on the "How to > get NOAAPORT NEXRAD Data via the LDM" page > (http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/ldm/ldm-6.0.14/howto-nnexrad.html) > and it appears to be broken. > > Best regards, > Evan > > Hi Evan, All looks good but your station id should be MPX not MSP, give that a try and I suspect you will see data :) Cheers, Jeff Jeff Weber Unidata User Support http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: EUD-284395 Department: Support IDD Priority: Normal Status: Open