RAFCAP (Radio Astronomy Frequency Committee in the Asia-Pacific region)

RAFCAP acts as the scientific expert committee on frequency issues for the Asia-Pacific radio astronomy and related sciences. The mission of RAFCAP is:

• (a) to keep the frequency bands used for radio astronomical observations free from interference.

• (b) to argue the scientific needs of radio astronomy for continued access to and availability of the radio spectrum for radio astronomy within the Asia-Pacific region.

• (c) to support related science communities in their needs of interference-free radio frequency bands for passive use.

RAFCAP was setup during the AP-RASC meeting, held from 31 July to 4 August, 2001, in Tokyo.

The need for such a committee in the Asia-Pacific has been described in a paper by Dr. M. Ohishi (MS-Word format or Hypertext format).

A charter for RAFCAP was proposed and accepted by the Committee, and governs the operations of this Committee.

The membership of RAFCAP comes from Radio Astronomy and related organisations in the Asia Pacific region.

A summary of RAFCAP's mission and contacts are provided in a "RAFCAP Flyer (2004)" document (MS-Word format).

A list of operating Radio Telescopes in the Asia Pacific region (May 2005) is given in Table 1.

Links to Organisations with related interests.

ITU-R and related meetings 2008-2009 (Compiled: Oct 2008. Updated: May 2009).

Activities

2010 RAFCAP Meeting at NAOJ, Mitaka, Japan - 6 June 2010
(Part of the 2010 IUCAF Summer School on Spectrum Managament for Radio Astronomy (31 May - 5 June 2010))

2008 RAFCAP Meeting at GMRT, Pune, India, February 14-16.

2006 RAFCAP Meeting in Beijing, China, July 13-16.

2004 RAFCAP Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 19-20.

Photo archive from RAFCAP activities.

Members only area.