VLBI teleconference, 02 May 2011
10.00 Perth, 12.00 Eastern Summer Time, 14.00 New Zealand (02.00 UT)
Phone:
| Vic: | 03 9545 8222 |
| NSW: | 02 9490 8022 |
| ACT: | 02 6276 6622 |
| Qld: | 07 3214 2311 |
| WA: | 08 6436 8844 |
| SA: | 08 8273 8122 |
| NT: | 08 8944 8488 |
| Tas: | 03 6232 5188 |
Meeting ID: 0899
Chair: Tasso Tzioumis
Attendance: Cormac Reynolds, Hayley Bignall (Curtin); Tasso Tzioumis, Chris Phillips, Phil Edwards, Shaun Amy, John Reynolds (ATNF Marsfield); Jamie McCallum, Simon Ellingsen(UTas); Sergei Gulyaev, Tim Natush, Stuart Weston (AUT, NZ)
Apologies: Jonathan Quick (Hart); Jim Lovell (UTas); Steven Tingay (Curtin)
Agenda
- Debrief from last VLBI session (Mar-April 2011)
- ATNF
- UTas
- Curtin
- Tid
- NZ
- AuScope
- Hart
- Additional Reports from observatories & correlator(s)
- Report on VLBI tests with GMRT
- Planning for next VLBI session(s)
- Cir X-1 NAPA May-July 2011
- 20-26 July 201
- General comments
- Planning for ASKAP VLBI/e-VLBI tests
- H-maser
- X-band receiver
- Networks
- Possible timetable
- * Review of Actions from last meeting 09 December 2010
- Any other issues
Actions arising
CARRIED FORWARD/UPDATED
- Consolidation of the LBA Archive to include all ATNF + Swinburne + Curtin correlated LBA data. Should also add in eVLBI output data. Maintain complete archives at Curtin and ATNF (ATNF/Curtin)
- ATNF to develop online access to this archive (ATNF) - Continuing
- Arrange ATOA on-line access to archive (ATNF)
- Implement Mk5b eVLBI operation (Chris) - Done
- Guidelines for phasing the atca more often during vlbi observations (ATNF) - to be revisited
- Implement upgrade for programmable cable changes on VLBI DAS. (Chris, Jamie S)
- Update Parkes VLBI notes on Wiki (Jamie, JER, Tasso)
- Mk5 notes for Parkes on Wiki (Chris, JER, Tasso)
- Parkes Calibration notes (JER, Ettore)
NEW ACTION ITEMS
- Consider L-Band operation at Ww with old feed (Tim) completed
- Investigate/implement mixed mode correlation (64 MHz & 4 x 16 MHz) at Curtin correlator (Cormac, Chris) continuing
- MK5 upgrade for e-VLBI in NZ (Stuart, Chris) Done
- Proposal for VLBI with GMRT for next round (All) continuing
- Follow-up of zoom-modes for VLBI on atca (Jamie, Tasso) Continuing
- Feed-back on tied-array operation (correlator)
- Report on possible persistent frequency problem at Cd (correlator)
- MK5 obsrvation issues: COMPLETED
- Disk changes? More than 1 hr lost when 10 TB scheduled (Chris, Cormac)
- Upgrade of Mk5a on Hobart 26m (Jamie M)
- V271h data tansfer? (Jamie, Cormac, Chris)
- Framework for NZ data transfers. Auto-ftp at NZ and Hobart? (Stuart, Jamie M, Cormac, Chris) implemented
- Inform PIs re 20 sec gaps from sched. Use Wiki + PI letter (Cormac, Chris)
- Plan for VLBI demos with AuScope antennas (UTas) DONE
- Copy LBA data archive from Curtin to ATNF (Curtin, Chris) continuing
Next meeting: Monday 18 July 2011, 04:00UT.
