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=============================================================================== Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ =============================================================================== ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 99 09:47:26 -0500 From: address@hidden To: address@hidden Subject: Question re: Alden Satellite Feed Hi LDM-ers, This query is directed specifically at those who receive DDS/IDS data directly via satellite from Alden. I've noticed that ever since we realigned our dish this summer to point to the different satellite, our feed has been much "dirtier" than usual. Despite repeated attempts at realigning, we still get lots of messages such as this in our log: Dec 16 09:59:27 ingest1 pqing[32705]: Not a WMO format message. 461 -01 H5k00 {?lw 160959 along with several instances of "^@" characters in the output files. 99% of the feed gets through fine--it's just not as clean as it was before the repoint. I suspect that the problem is local to us, but I would appreciate if any other satellite users would let me know if they have noticed a similar degradation in quality since repointing this summer, or if they have any other tips/suggestions. By the way, our LNB is fairly new, so I suspect that is not the problem. Many thanks, Kevin Tyle <address@hidden> MESO, Inc.