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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.