• Tales from the Hotline -- On-line version of 'Tales

• Communication Information:

  • More Comprehensive Guidance for AWIPS OB6 / RPG Build 8 WAN Dedicated Access on 8/2/2007
    
  • AWIPS/WSR-88D Communication Interface Troubleshooting Information
    
  • Comms Documentation notebook for NWS Observing Handbook 9 (WSOH-9)
    
  • Results of the WSR-88D Narrowband Communication Field Survey
    
  • Basic Modem Theory
    

• MSCF/RPG Checklist -- Sample MSCF/RPG shift checklists.

• Receiver Calibration Datasheet -- An WSR-88D Hotline developed Receiver Calibration Datasheet.

• What time is it? Use this page to get the current Universal Time (a.k.a UTC, GMT, or Z) from the US Naval Observatory.

• Other ROC pages of interest
  • An Operational Guide to WSR-88D Reflectivity Data Quality Assurance by Chrisman and Chrisman
  • WSR-88D Clutter Suppression and Its Impact On Meteorological Data Interpretation by Chrisman, Rinderknecht, and Hamilton
  • An Introduction to WSR-88D Clutter Suppression, and Some Tips for Effective Suppression Utilization by Stephen M. Goss and Joe N. Chrisman (PDF format)
  • Maintenance Manuals (PDF format)
  • Operations Manuals - including Guidance on Adaptable Parameter Handbooks (PDF format)
  • OPUP Manuals (PDF format)

General Information about the Hotline:

The WSR-88D Hotline provides 24 hour-a-day, 7 day-a-week support to all US Government Field Sites and other US Government users. This support includes expert advice on:

• Interpretation
• Operations
• Maintenance
• Software
• Adaptation Data
• Communications
• Documentation

Field sites should consider information provided by the Hotline only as guidance which does not supersede any agency or local policies, procedures, and regulations.

Hotline specialists will prioritize incoming assistance requests into two basic assistance request categories: Routine and Urgent.

Urgent Priority

• Requests for assistance in resolving conditions that may cause death, severe injury, major system damage, or prevent successful mission accomplishment. Hotline personnel will always give first priority to resolution of urgent requests.

Routine Priority

• Requests for assistance in resolving conditions that do not meet urgent priority guidelines.