VLBI teleconference, 29 October 2008

12.00 Perth, 14.00 Eastern, 16.00 New Zealand

Phone:

Meeting ID: 3968

Chair'

Agenda

Preparation for November VLBI session (Phillips/Tzioumis)
- Who is going where?
- Disk requirements?
eVLBI tests to Curtin (Phillips/Tingay)
ASKAP VLBI Expression of Interest (Tingay)
Update on Curtin correlator (Bignall)
Status of Ceduna relative delay changes between polarizations (Simon)
Block schedules in 2009 (UTAS is likely to be a bit stretched personnel wise in 2009 and Simon would like to discuss options to ease some of the pressure with more Ceduna friendly block schedules)
Update on Hobart DiFX installation and AuScope project (Lovell)
Update on New Zealand antenna (Gulyaev)
Update on Curtin cluster at Narrabri (Phillips/Amy)
IYA 24hr eVLBI demo (Phillips)

Actions arising

Tasso and Steven to determine if a Curtin person can go to observe at Parkes for the November session. ATNF can support travel. (Tasso/Steven)
Hayley, Claire, Chris and Indra to iterate in more detail on the disk requirements and numbers available for the November session. Initial estimates look ok, but a deeper check needed. (Hayley/Claire/Chris/Indra)
Correct version of DiFX needs to be installed at Curtin for support of Mark5 format eVLBI tests. (Cormac/Chris)
Check with Mark Favas on upgrade of Curtin connection via iVEC at enable 6 x 256 Mbps eVLBI to Curtin. (Steven)
Start production of ASKAP VLBI/eVLBI EoI when EoI announcement made on Nov 1. (Steven coordinate + all)
More investigation of the polarisation-dependent delays at Ceduna and perhaps scheduling of a test observation in November to debug. (Jim/Richard)
Investigate options for buying out Swinburne VLBI pool disks that are excess to what Matthew wants to keep for ongoing research. (Tasso/Steven)
One of Curtin Mark5B+ units to be shipped to AUT when they arrive, plus an invoice to AUT. (Steven)
Work to get the Curtin cluster at Narrabri up and running ASAP, maybe with an interim switch. (Tasso/Chris/Shaun)
Move of Swinburne archive of correlated VLBI data over to ATNF, with a copy to stay at Curtin for redundancy. (Steven/Claire)
Organise next telecon: 19 November 2008, 2pm Sydney time (Tasso/Chris)