Richard
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KNZY 051852Z 17012KT 10SM FEW022 BKN035 BKN055 21/13 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP143 TO2110133 $ NO CARRIER RING CONNECT 1200 SEAMTRUIL ALL
What is portion as shown in bold?
What is portion as shown in bold?
METAR
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Pure guess -- as it's a Naval Air Station (North Island, to be exact -- BT, many moons ago), it might have something to do with operations or communications between the air station and carriers off shore.
Matthew
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I would have guessed "No Carrier", "Ring", "Connect 1200" would have something to do with a dial-up modem connecting at 1200 baud. But I don't know what "SEAMTRUIL ALL" would be about.
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No aircraft carrier landings at Quillayute State Airport after 12:00Z due to connected Olympic Rings in the vicinity?
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Note that it is after the dollar sign, which is a MAINTENANCE CHECK INDICATOR. Probably it's giving a report of the maintenance needed.
Here's another place something similar showed up (Indian Springs, Indian Springs Auxiliary AFLD Nellis AFB, NV (KINS), another military installation):
KINS 051456Z AUTO 11013KT 10SM SCT085 B NO CARRIER RING CONNECT 1200 LAXMTRBIH ALL TTAA00 KBIH 051500 COR METAR KBIH 051456Z A AO2 SLP999 P0014 60021 T00890078 58004 TSNO
The first three letters are interesting:
SEA
LAX
The next three, MTR, could mean "monitor" or even "mean time to repair"
Here's another place something similar showed up (Indian Springs, Indian Springs Auxiliary AFLD Nellis AFB, NV (KINS), another military installation):
KINS 051456Z AUTO 11013KT 10SM SCT085 B NO CARRIER RING CONNECT 1200 LAXMTRBIH ALL TTAA00 KBIH 051500 COR METAR KBIH 051456Z A AO2 SLP999 P0014 60021 T00890078 58004 TSNO
The first three letters are interesting:
SEA
LAX
The next three, MTR, could mean "monitor" or even "mean time to repair"
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Actually it probably means METAR.
I suspect it's some code for the site the thing is attempting to phone home too.
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I think you're right, MTR means METAR, the next three letters are the ID of the airport it's trying to get. This is a result of a parsing error.
Here's a section of output from http://www.nws.noaa.gov/data/index.php?prod=MTRINS&sum=1:
Here's a section of output from http://www.nws.noaa.gov/data/index.php?prod=MTRINS&sum=1:
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They must be running the phone over the fence wire again out there.
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1200 baud modems. God I have way too many hours on those things to bash then too hard, but it is 2011 now. Wow.
I know why they stayed at 1200 though. The training time is wicked fast from answer to first data at that speed.
ATMs do something similar, speed-wise on dial up. (Believe they're using 2400 baud.)
I know why they stayed at 1200 though. The training time is wicked fast from answer to first data at that speed.
ATMs do something similar, speed-wise on dial up. (Believe they're using 2400 baud.)
p1l0t
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LOL the error string was put in the remarks section!
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