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VLBI/eVLBI operations and technical meeting, Hobart, 12 Feb 2010

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ACTIONS list

Some actions were carried forward and modified from the previous meeting(s) at Curtin, March 2009. A consolidated and integrated list is given here.

1. ACTION: e-VLBI issues
   • Check on connectivity to Tasmania (UTas)
   • Promote eVLBI better (All)
   • Test parallel eVLBI/recording (Chris)
   • Display delay-time for monitoring (Chris)
   • eVLBI scheduling (cf EVN of ~10sessions/year) (ATNF)

1. ACTION: e-VLBI setup (Chris/Cormac)
   • Vex file to eVLBI
   • Webpages to setups
   • eVLBI setup files

1. ACTION: SCHED issues
   • Inform PIs on latest version of SCHED (Phil)
   • CAL flags into SCHED? Check with Craig Walker (Cormac)
   • Update sources.dat file with calibrator flags (Cormac/Chris)
     • fringe-finders
     • phase reference sources
     • calibrators on long baselines
     • new calibrators via eVLBI
   • Web interface to skeleton key-file for “standard” schedules? (Cormac)
   • LBA examples into SCHED release (Cormac)
   • Better defaulting mechanisms in SCHED?

1. ACTION: VSIC issues (Chris)
   • VSIC mods for automatic setup
   • remote control
   • implementation

1. ACTION: Investigate transient triggering for VLBI (Tasso)

1. ACTION: Training on setups for “key” people (All)

1. ACTION: Demos
   • Overseas telescopes in eVLBI? (Tasso)
     • Kashima, Shanghai, …
     • Brazil, India
   • APT operations (Phil)
   • Regular AARNet demos to Asia ~2/year for ~10 hrs (Tasso/Chris Hancock)

1. ACTION: DAS
   • Choice of DBBCs, DBEs etc (Alll)
   • LIEF proposal? (Curtin/Utas/UWA)

1. ACTION: Disks
   • ARCS in Adelaide for Cd disks? Curtin can provided XRAID chassis. (Cormac/Claire/Florian)
   • 2nd XRAID chassis for Cd (Simon/Chris)
   • Investigate ARCS-like transfers from NZ (Steven/Chris/NZ)
   • Disk issues on CUPPA. PBstore speeds. (Curtin)
   • Investigate new disk systems (All)
   • Buy more Mk5 disks (ATNF/Curtin)

1. ACTION: Correlators
   • New scripts from NRAO for DiFX (Cormac/Chris)
   • Check with Adam re 8-bit into DiFX 2.0 (Cormac)
   • Advance warning to correlator of technical requirements of observations (PIs)
   • Pulsar binning into AIPS?
   • Spectral line calibration (Chris/Cormac/Adam/Walter)
     • labelling of array in AIPS (not AT-LBA)

1. ACTION: New recorder machines? (Chris)
   • Implement GPU autocorrelators? (Chris/Richard)

1. ACTION: Proposals and scheduling
   • More LBA time? (All)
     • Investigate number of proposals not getting time (Phil)
   • More sessions of fewer days? (All)
   • Standard modes information for proposals (ATNF)
   • Call for proposals on VLBI exploders (nrao; evntech) (Phil)
   • Include new polarisation capabilities in call for proposals?
   • Encourage more observations with EAVN (All)
     • APT email exploder? (Phil)

1. ACTION: Wiki/Web
   • Wiki reorganisation for more accessibility (Chris/Cormac)
   • Update DAS modes table.
   • Upgrade/rationalise LBA website (ATNF/Cormac)
   • Wiki attachments?

1. ACTION: Observing
   • Look at recent CD observations for instability (correlator)
   • Check recent Ho data for cross-polarisation (correlator)
   • Get Parkes calibration data (Tasso/JER)
   • Better monitoring via MONICA? (Chris)

1. ACTION: LBA archive online
   • On ATOA? (Tasso)

1. ACTION: eVLBI workshop at Curtin. Need SOC and LOC (Steven)

1. ACTION: Next Ops meeting venue. Sydney or NZ? (Tasso)