[IGSSTATION-6938] Rinex 3.03 usage in the IGS network

[Nacho Romero]

Author: Nacho Romero (IGS Infrastructure Committee Chair)


Dear Rinex 3 Station Operators,

Please at your earliest convenience update the firmware or the Rinex 3 
generation tools from your vendor to generate Rinex 3.03 files.

of the ~150 daily correct Rinex 3 files (with longnames) at CDDIS we 
have about 90-95 stations in the latest Rinex 3.03, and ~50 stations in 
Rinex 3.02 . We recommend that all files be submitted using the latest 
Rinex 3 format (3.03) and from experience it is possible that a simple 
receiver firmware or a vendor Rinex translation tool update will 
generate the Rinex 3.03 , in particular if you operate NETR9 receivers 
or POLARX4 please investigate to keep your receiver and data files up to 
date. Thanks.


Please also implement the correct naming to your files if you are 
responsible for any of the last few stations still incorrectly naming 
the Rinex 3 files;

97.2 % stations using LongNames (211/217) @ CDDIS

Number of stations only using ShortName; 6
   gop6 gop7 m0se roap unb3 wroc

there is a very simple long name generating tool available; 'RX3name' 
(http://acc.igs.org/software/RX3name_v16158_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz), it is 
explained two thirds down the webpage; http://acc.igs.org   and at 
http://acc.igs.org/software/RINEX3_longname.pdf

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Best regards,
Nacho
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Ignacio (Nacho) Romero
Aerospace Engineer, PhD
CSC Ltd @ ESA/ESOC/OPS-GN
Satellite Navigation Engineer @ ESOC Navigation Support Office
IGS Infrastructure Committee Chair
www.navigation-office.esa.int
www.canaryspaceconsulting.co.uk
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