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Meeting ID: 9741

Chair: Tasso Tzioumis

Attendance: Cormac Reynolds, Hayley Bignall, Claire Hotan(Curtin); Tasso Tzioumis, Chris Phillips, Phil Edwards (ATNF Marsfield); Jamie Stevens (ATNF, Narrabri); Jim Lovell, Simon Ellingsen(UTas); Shinji Horiuchi (SDCCC, Canberra)

Apologies: Jonathan Quick (Hart)

Agenda

• Planning for next VLBI session(s)
  • Dec 14-17 (72 hrs)
  • Jan 13 (24 hrs)
  • Feb 08 (24 hrs)
  • General comments

• LBA Ops/tehnical meeting, NZ 7-9 Feb 2011
  • Organisation
  • Demos

• Reports from observatories & correlator(s)
  • ATNF
    • ASKAP
  • UTas
  • Curtin
  • Tid
  • NZ
  • AuScope
  • Hart

• * Review of Actions from last meeting 10 November 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) - continuing
• Mk5b operations at correlator (Curtin) - continuing
• Mk5 fringe tests (Simon, Chris, Cormac)

• 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)
  • Wind reporting via Monica? (JER)
  • Calibration notes (JER)

• Sort Cd midnight router reset (Jamie M)

NEW ACTION ITEMS

• Cd phase fluctuations at X-band seem to be still there! (UTas, Curtin, ATNF)
  • Distribute latest correlator plots (Hayley)
  • Check out Cd (UTas)

• NASA box still in one polarisation at ATCA. Remove? (ATNF)
  • Check with WEW and Peter Mirtchin (Tasso)

• Check with CSIRO re networks to Tid (Tasso)

• Finalise arrangements for LBA OPs/tech meeting in NZ (Tasso, Sergei)

Next meeting: TBD