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Bureau of Meteorology’s Darwin Weather Data Earth Station Project
In October 2015 Av-Comm completed installation works at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology‘s latest weather satellite receiving earth station located at the new Shoal Bay facility in Darwin, N.T.
The project included the installation of three weather satellite receiving antenna systems that provide access to two of China’s Feng Yun-2 series of geostationary satellites, Feng Yun 2E and Feng Yun 2G as well as the Japanese Meteorological Agency’s HimawariCast service broadcast from the recently commissioned Himawari 8 satellite.
Av-Comm’s technicians supplied and installed two Prodelin 3.7m satellite dishes fitted with Quorum L Band Scalar Feedhorn to facilitate the efficient reception of the L Band transmissions provided by Feng Yun 2E and 2G. China’s Feng Yun-2 series of geostationary satellites, which are situated over the equator at longitudes of 86.5°E and 105°E and provide excellent coverage of the Indian Ocean and the western parts of Australia.
This project also included the installation of the second Australian ground station for the Himawari 8 HimawariCast weather satellite service. As with our previous HimawariCast installations our technicians installed a Prodelin 2.4m C Band satellite dish with Av-Comm C Band Bandpass Filtered 5 kHz PLL LNBs. The satellite dish was aligned to JCSAT 2A and receives a DVB-S2 broadcast of data that is captured and processes using KenCast Fazzt digital video processing server.
The HimawariCast service provided via the Himawari 8 weather satellite provides greatly improved data acquisition capabilities over previous weather satellite, reducing prediction intervals from 30 minutes to 10 minutes. The increase in the frequency of data sets allows for more accurate prediction of weather events and areas that will be impacted by their effects.
Av-Comm would like to thank the Australian Bureau of Meteorology for the opportunity to work with them on this exciting project and looks forward to serving the Bureau with their future satellite reception requirements.
See images from the Himawari 8 HimawariCast on the BOM’s Satellite Viewer here.
“Another awesome result from the Av-Comm team. Improving Telikom PNG’s core infrastructure of national importance”Telikom PNG- “Thank you to the Av-Comm team for delivering this project. Another milestone achieved in helping Telikom PNG improve our network experience.”Telikom PNG
- “Thanks for preparing this report… If you could, please consider sharing the relevant parts of the Lessons Learned with CPI for applying to future projects. Appreciate Av-Comm’s outstanding support throughout this installation.”Communications & Power Industries (CPI)
- “In my dealings with Av-Comm I have found them to be an incredible team to work with and would like to note their open, flexible, and knowledgeable nature in all of their business dealings with Quasar Satellite Technologies. Dealing with Av-Comm is a shared learning environment, in which Av-Comm staff strive to help and assist towards a solution, whilst educating myself and others comprehensively, sharing their level of understanding.”Quasar Satellite Technologies
- “Working with Av-Comm has been an enlightening experience for our team at BAI Communications. Their approachable and knowledgeable staff have consistently gone above and beyond to ensure our projects’ success. The collaborative atmosphere fosters a sense of partnership, making Av-Comm our go-to choice for any satellite communication needs.”BAI Communications
- “Being the first time since these Antennas were installed primarily by Rod Goulding of RG Systems back in 2011, I was personally feeling a little apprehensive of another company / team servicing our Nine Network Satellite Assets. I am happy to report that my concerns were totally proven wrong 😉 I was very impressed with your field technicians diligent work ethics to detail on site. It was an absolute pleasure to work with these gents.”Channel 9
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