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Significant Heat in the Northwest U.S.; Tropical Rainfall Potential in the Southwest U.S.

A significant late season heat wave continues in the interior Pacific Northwest for at least one more day before easing somewhat Friday into Saturday. A combination of monsoonal moisture and tropical moisture ahead of tropical cyclone Lorena will bring a marginal to slight risk of excessive rainfall across the southwest U.S. through Saturday which may bring areas of flooding. Read More >

National Weather Service (NWS)
Satellite Broadcast Network (SBN)/NOAAPORT Configuration

C-Band Service

Satellite
G-31 (Galaxy - 31)
Orbital Location
121° West
Transponder
CH16/CV16 36MHz C band
Downlink Polarization (from G31 to remote receive only sites)
Vertical
Transponder Downlink Center Frequency
4020MHz

Remote Site Receiver Configuration for All NWS products

Receiver: Novra S300N DVB-S2 Receiver (or similar)

Configuration for DVB-S2 Full Transponder Operation

IP Address
User Defined
Subnet Mask
User Defined
Default Gateway
User Defined
Symbol Rate
30 Msps
RF Frequency
1130 MHz
LO Frequency
0 MHz
PID(s)/Channels
101, 102, 103, 104, 105,106, 107,108, 150, 151
LNB Power
OFF
Polarity
Vertical/Right
Band
High
Enable IGMP Filtering
OFF
Unicast Status Packet
255.255.255.255
Default password
User Defined
FEC Type
DVB-S2
Modulation/Coding
16PSK 2/3
ISI
18

Remote Site Receiver Configuration for NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS) products only

Receiver: Novra S300N DVB-S2 Receiver (or similar)

Configuration for DVB-S2 Full Transponder Operation

IP Address
User Defined
Subnet Mask
User Defined
Default Gateway
User Defined
Symbol Rate
30 Msps
RF Frequency
1130 MHz
LO Frequency
0 MHz
PID/Channel
201
LNB Power
OFF
Polarity
Vertical/Right
Band
High
Enable IGMP Filtering
OFF
Unicast Status Packet
255.255.255.255
Default password
User Defined
FEC Type
DVB-S2
Modulation/Coding
QPSK 1/3
ISI
2