Our colleagues from St. Kitts Meteorological Services kindly shared some photos of their new GNC-A Station, installed by EEC. The GEONETCast-Americas implementation is part of the SDCR (Strenghtening Disaster and Climate Resilience in the Eastern Caribbean) Project.
Thanks for sharing!
eTeleCast Pedestal Specifications:
Survival Wind Speed: 201 km/h
Antenna: Optics Prime Focus, Axisymmetric
Reflector Diameter: 3.0m
Reflector Material: Eight Segment Glass Fiber Reinforced Polyester SMC
Mast Pipe Size: 6” SCH 80 Pipe (6.62” OD)
Azimuth Travel: 360°
Elevation Travel: 0° to 90°
Temperature Range: -40° to +60° C
Relative Humidity: 0 to 100% with condensation
Total Weight: 350 kg
LNB Specifications:
Frequency Range: 3.4 – 4.2 GHz
Conversion Gain: 62 dB typical
Noise Temperature: 25K
Output frequency: 950 – 2150MHz
Temperature: -40 to 60° C
Band Pass Filter Specifications
Frequency Range: 3.4 – 4.2 GHz
Lower Rejection: 25/30 dB @ 3300 MHz
Upper Rejection: 25/30 dB @ 4300 MHz
Insertion Loss: < 1dB
Temperature: -40 to 60° C
C-Band Feed Specifications
Frequency Range: 3.4 – 4.2 GHz
Insertion Loss: 0.15 dB
Polarization: Circular/Linear
Output frequency: 950 – 2150MHz
Temperature: -40 to 60° C
Acquisition Workstation Specifications
Processor: Dual Xeon Silver, 2.2GHz 10 core
Operating System: CENTOS
RAM: 64 GB
Hard Drives:
1x 1TB SSD SATA for OS & Software
1x 2TB 7.2K RPM SATA 3.5″
Network Card: 2x 1GB
Power Supply: 800-Watt
EEC 100-H Software: NOVRA S300D DVB-S2 Monitor & Control Software
Software:
KenCast FAZZT Professional Client Software, EEC Acquisition Software
Data Processing & Visualization Workstation Specifications
Processor: Dual Xeon Silver, 2.2GHz 10 core
Operating System: CENTOS
RAM: 64 GB
Hard Drives:
1x 1TB SSD SATA for OS & Software
1x 4TB 7.2K RPM SATA 3.5″
Network Card: 2x 1GB
Video Card: NVIDIA Quadro P2000 4GB 4DP
Power Supply: 800-Watt
Software:
eTeleCast Processing Software
Proteus Visualization & Analysis Software
SHOWCast web-based Visualization Software
Do you have a newly installed GNC-A instation that hasn’t been shown in the Blog? Please send us a photo to gnc.americas@noaa.gov.
“New GNC-A Station” Series:
- New GNC-A Station: GMG Ambiental (Station n° 96!)
- New GNC-A Station: PUCV (Station n° 95!)
- New GNC-A Station: CEMIG (Station n° 94!)
- New GNC-A Station: CPSMU (Station n° 93!)
- New GNC-A Station: Fuerza Aérea Argentina (Station n° 92!)
- New GNC-A Station: University of Costa Rica (Station n° 91!)
- New GNC-A Station: ETESA – Panama (Station n° 90!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: DIRMA-FAP [3rd Station] (Station n° 89!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: Universidad Católica de Asunción (Station n° 88!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: DIRMA-FAP [2nd Station] (Station n° 87!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: Uruguayan Air Force (Station n° 86!)
- Operational GNC-A Station: DIRMA-FAP (Station n° 85!)
- Operational GNC-A Station: Peruvian Navy (Station n° 84!) [Using an Old GVAR Dish]
- New Operational GNC-A Station: CIRA-CSU (Station n° 83!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: UHM – Haiti (Station n° 82!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: SSEC (Station n° 81!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: INSIVUMEH (Station n° 80!)
- GNC-A Station From NWS / NOAA (Station n° 79!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: SMN-ARGENTINA (Station n° 78!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: FURNAS (Station n° 77!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: COPECO (Station n° 76!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: INAMHI (Station n° 75!)
- GNC-A Stations From Knight-Sky (Stations 73 and 74!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: DMH-DINAC (Station n° 72!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: INUMET (Station n° 71!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: SENAMHI-PERU (Station n° 70!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: LAPIG (Station n° 69!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: DSA-2 (Station n° 68!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: UNAM (Station n° 67!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: CLIMATEMPO (Station n° 66!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: ESPOL (Station n° 65!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: CENUR (Station n° 64!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: ONAMET (Station n° 63!)
- New Operational GNC-A Station: CICESE (Station n° 62!)
- Three New GNC-A Stations Being Installed and a New Operational One (Station n° 61!)
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