This is fixed now...from 1630Z today all archives should be 30 minutes long, plus or minus a few seconds.
Dave
Hi Dave,
Are there any reasons the archiving process might truncate files significantly?
I've tried downloading a number of the JFK tower / ground files from 2/14/07 and some of them aren't complete for the full 30 minutes. E.g. JFK Clr/Gnd 2-14-07 2300Z shows up as only 12:58 long, the 1530Z shows up as 14:57 long etc.... The JFK tower archive appears to be of the exact same length for those two time periods as well.
Would there be any particular reason for a shortened recording (suppressing dead air or something?)? Obviously if the scanner went down that could be an explanation, but the complete set appears to be present (e.g. from 1200 through 2330 all files are present)....
Thx
YYC....
Just to add,
if it helps any, 2200Z is the expected ~30:00 length, the 2230Z files are short (16:10) and then they are short on through till 2330Z which gets to the 23:30 mark and by 2/15/07 0000 file its back to the 30:00 length. 2100Z is also short (19:06) as is 1530Z, 1700Z, and 1930Z and this seems consistent between both the TWR and GND frequencies...