[NOAAPORT #RRS-394294]: 20200709: Noaaport dish

Hi David,

re:
> Our IDD feed has been working well.

Excellent!

re:
> While that has been working well, at TRABUS, we wanted to explore setting up a
> NOAAPort Dish on our roof (here at our offices in San Diego, CA).  We also 
> hope
> that the dish would also help in expanding NOAAPort coverage for the Unidata
> community as well.

Very good.

re:
> My questions to you are the following:
> 
> 1. Is there a site/url that provides specifications for the dish and 
> infrastructure
>    needed?

The NOAA web site for NOAAPort should be the definitive reference resource:

https://www.weather.gov/noaaport/

That being said, I will add that a typical NOAAPort downlink consists of:

3.8m or larger solid (as opposed to mesh) parabolic satellite dish
Norsat 3120 LNB
Novra S300N DVBS2 receiver
high quality coax signal cable (e.g., quad shielded RG-6)
high quality amplifier (needed if the coax run is long)
signal splitter (if more than 1 S300N receiver is to be used)

re:
> 2. Are there any constraints (such as geographical location etc) that will 
> prevent
>    us from hosting a NOAAPort dish?

The biggest problem faced will be likely local sources of Terrestrial 
Interference.
Paying for a site survey by a reputable company before purchasing equipment will
be money well spent in the long run.

re:
> Thanks so much,

No worries.

I hope you are doing well in these "interesting" times!

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: RRS-394294
Department: Support NOAAPORT
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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