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Meeting ID: 0447

Chair: Tasso Tzioumis

Attendance: Cormac Reynolds, Hayley Bignall, Ramesh (Curtin); Tasso Tzioumis, Chris Phillips, Phil Edwards, Giannis Gonidakis (CASS Marsfield); Jamie Stevens (CASS Narrabri); Shinji Horiuchi (CASS Tidbinbilla); Brett Reid, Jamie McCallum, Joe Dawson, Simon Ellingsen, Vassant (UTas); Oleg Titov (Geoscience); Richard Dodson (UWA)

Apologies:

Agenda

• Planning for next VLBI session(s)
  • 9-16 November 2012 LBA session
    • Schedules
    • Telescope support
    • Fringe testing
    • Observers
    • Disks
    • L-band Cd observing
    • ASKAP support
    • AuScope participation
    • Wiki logs
    • Any other issues

• Upcoming RadioAstron observations
• ATCA/Mopra/Tid 32GHz test observations?

• 14-21 March 2013 LBA session.

• Data transfers.

• News and Reports from observatories & correlator(s)

• e-VLBI developments/demos

• Future plans: LBA wide-banding?
  • telescope issues
  • correlator issues
  • e-VLBI

• Report from DIFX Developers Workshop 24-28 September, CSIRO, Sydney.
• Report from e-VLBI/VLBI workshop. Haystack 22-24 October, and Back-end compatibility testing.

• Next LBA operations/technical/eVLBI meeting. Hobart 12-13 February 2013??

• Review of Actions from meeting on 11 September 2012

• AOB

Actions arising

CARRIED FORWARD/UPDATED/CONTINUING

• LBA data archive consolidation and copy at CASS. (CASS, Curtin)

• ATCA phasing. Check performance and implementation (Jamie S, Richard)

• Observer training and remote observing (Tasso)

• ATCA Tsys via CABB (CASS)

• More Rx at ASKAP for VLBI. Methanol? (Tasso)

• Wiki logs (All)

NEW ACTION ITEMS

• Test schedules/documentation on Wiki (Chris)
• Check disk usage at ASKAP (Chris)
• L-band change at ASKAP (Tasso)
• Accurate telescope slew rates for SCHED. Critical for V464. Send rates to Cormac (Richard)

• Schedule more 32 GHz tests with ATCA? (Phil)
• Tests for 22 and 43 GHz VLBI with KVN (Richard, Jamie S)
• X-band availability at Mp for March 14-21 LBA session (CASS)

• NSW firewall issues. Test with eVLBI (Chris)
• TIGO data e-transfers slow. Contact Hayo? (Tasso)
• NEXPReS BoD tests and demo would need time next semester (Tasso, Phil)
• Pawsey centre access for VLBI and eVLBI (Chris, Cormac)

• CABB should produce upper-sideband to avoid DiFX issues (Chris, Tim)
• LBA data archive. Need ATNF disk space (Tasso, Shaun)
• Auto p-cal performance at At? Ask PI(Roopesh) for report (Taso, Phil, Jamie S)

• Tsys at ATCA still not available in CABB. Discuss with WEW (Jamie S)

STANDING ACTION ITEMS

• LBA ops/technical/e-VLBI annual meeting in Hobart 12-13 February? (All)

Next meeting: Thursday 29 November 2012.