Header Information is as follows:

Sample message header:

3231E26201005180007G41-5NN047EFF00479M87202261
|      |||| ||||||||||||||| ||  |   |||     ||
|      |||| ||||||||||||||| ||  |   ||[_____]Dcp number
|      |||| ||||||||||||||| ||  |   ||Station number
|      |||| ||||||||||||||| ||  [___]Message type
|      |||| ||||||||||||||| ||  Message buffer size
|      |||| ||||||||||||||[_]Satellite (East/West)
|      |||| ||||||||||||||Satellite Channel
|      |||| |||||||||||||Data quality
|      |||| ||||||||||[]Transmission modulation
|      |||| ||||||||[]Frequency offset (-1 = -50Hz)
|      |||| ||||||||Signal strength
|      |||| |||||[]Message quality (? - parity errors, G - good, M - missing message, T - transmit time error,
|      |||| |||[]Second satellite received message                          N - NESDIS record incomplete, etc)
|      |||| |[]Minute satellite received message
|      |||[ ]Hour satellite received message (GMT)
|      |[]Julian day satellite received message (GMT)
[      ]Year satellite received message (GMT - last 2 digits)
NESDIS platform ID received by satellite
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