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>From: Chris Herbster <address@hidden> >Organization: Embry-Riddle University >Keywords: 200205291555.g4TFtMp14690 NOAAPORT receive systems Chris, >We are evaluating NOAAPORT systems from a number of vendors and would >appreciate feedback from the community as to positive or negative >experiences with: your system's performance, maintenance issues >(software/hardware) and your efforts to integrate things with the >Unidata software packages. > >Any thoughts, comments or suggestions are welcome and very much appreciated. Two things: 1) I know of several sites using either the Planetary Data, Inc system or the one from Unisys. I have never heard any negative comments about either. My impression is that the Planetary Data system is very flexible, and it is designed to play nicely with Unidata "stuff" (like the LDM and Unidata packages). This is not an endorsement of PDI, however (we can't do that). 2) As part of a cooperative project between Unidata and COMET, I have been looking into the possibility of installing NOAAPORT receive systems in Central America and the Caribbean. The problem with installations like this is the footprint of the satellite used to broadcast NOAAPORT (Americom GE-4); it is tuned for the CONUS. You probably have this link already, but I feel like I need to include it nonetheless: NOAAPORT User's Page http://205.156.54.206/noaaport/html/noaaport.shtml Manufacturers List of NOAAPORT Receive Systems http://205.156.54.206/noaaport/html/manu_lst.shtml >Thanks for your time, I would be interested in what you find out in your investigations. >Chris Herbster >*********************************** >Dr. Christopher G. Herbster >Assistant Professor >Applied Aviation Sciences >Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ. >600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd. >Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900 > >386.226.6444 voice >386.226.7739 fax >386.226.6446 Wx. Center >http://opwx.db.erau.edu/ >address@hidden >*********************************** Tom