EricGermann
Didn't want to hijack the thread on AWIPS II coming out, so I thought I'd start a new one.
That thread got me thinking and I posted this on the EMWIN list, to very little feedback. Since we seem at one level or another to be a data junkies, thoughts?
My original post ...
---------------------------------
I've been debating equipment selection for doing EMWIN via satellite to tackle this summer. I am currently one of the ByteBlaster servers redistributing an Internet feed. Typically, I'm running 25 to 30 outbound connections, all day long.
I was looking at the Wernerlabs stuff and had passingly looked at NOAAPORT a while back. Then I stumbled on http://www.noaaport.net/ and nbsp.
If you met the following conditions:
1. Your wife didn't care about the C-band BUD
2. You had the expertise to bring up nbsp
would you go with Werner Labs stuff?
A BUD is about $200 (or less, there are a lot around here ripe for the picking to get them out of their yard). An LNBF is $50. Pricing on a Novra DVB-S receiver is about $400 shipped. So for less than $700, you end up with the receive system which has about 6.7Mbps (peak) worth of data coming down, with no monthly fee and no impact on your (inbound) Internet lines.
The Werner Labs gear goes off the "new" GOES stream which runs at 19.2Kbps and costs $2000. Both are one time costs. Granted, the dish is a lot smaller.
Some stats on the nbsp page allude to about 500MB per hour coming down which would average about 1.1 to 1.2Mbps, sustained.
Interestingly, they talk about EMWIN programs needing to be able to handle a higher data rate than traditional methods.
As a bonus, it can supply data to Digital Atmosphere, MetarWeather, GRLevel3 and a number of other programs. Given the amount of data showering down (for free) and the fact the gear is about 1/4 to 1/3 the cost of the Werner Labs stuff, why shouldn't I? Rain fade may be an issue, but use the Internet as a backup source.
Seems like it would be a nice source of data for DA, GR stuff, EMWIN, GEMPAK and a host of others. The nbsp architecture is flexible enough to support output filters for about anything (Usenet, RSS, etc). It's an interesting read over on their site as to what all they can filter it to.
Thoughts? Poke holes?
EKG
That thread got me thinking and I posted this on the EMWIN list, to very little feedback. Since we seem at one level or another to be a data junkies, thoughts?
My original post ...
---------------------------------
I've been debating equipment selection for doing EMWIN via satellite to tackle this summer. I am currently one of the ByteBlaster servers redistributing an Internet feed. Typically, I'm running 25 to 30 outbound connections, all day long.
I was looking at the Wernerlabs stuff and had passingly looked at NOAAPORT a while back. Then I stumbled on http://www.noaaport.net/ and nbsp.
If you met the following conditions:
1. Your wife didn't care about the C-band BUD
2. You had the expertise to bring up nbsp
would you go with Werner Labs stuff?
A BUD is about $200 (or less, there are a lot around here ripe for the picking to get them out of their yard). An LNBF is $50. Pricing on a Novra DVB-S receiver is about $400 shipped. So for less than $700, you end up with the receive system which has about 6.7Mbps (peak) worth of data coming down, with no monthly fee and no impact on your (inbound) Internet lines.
The Werner Labs gear goes off the "new" GOES stream which runs at 19.2Kbps and costs $2000. Both are one time costs. Granted, the dish is a lot smaller.
Some stats on the nbsp page allude to about 500MB per hour coming down which would average about 1.1 to 1.2Mbps, sustained.
Interestingly, they talk about EMWIN programs needing to be able to handle a higher data rate than traditional methods.
As a bonus, it can supply data to Digital Atmosphere, MetarWeather, GRLevel3 and a number of other programs. Given the amount of data showering down (for free) and the fact the gear is about 1/4 to 1/3 the cost of the Werner Labs stuff, why shouldn't I? Rain fade may be an issue, but use the Internet as a backup source.
Seems like it would be a nice source of data for DA, GR stuff, EMWIN, GEMPAK and a host of others. The nbsp architecture is flexible enough to support output filters for about anything (Usenet, RSS, etc). It's an interesting read over on their site as to what all they can filter it to.
Thoughts? Poke holes?
EKG