Meeting ID: 4460

Chair: Chris Phillips

Attendance:

Apologies:

Agenda

• Next LBA sessions 2-5 and 11-14 June 2014
  • Block schedule
  • Detailed schedules
  • Telescope availability/issues
    • ATNF
    • UTAS & AuScope
    • Tid
    • WW
    • South Africa
  • People availability
  • SOC remote observing
    • ATNF
    • UTas
    • NZ
  • Monitoring
  • Disks
  • Correlator
  • Real-time fringe tests

• Tests
  • 32 GHz observing?
  • Xcube testing
  • DVP testing
  • Other testing

• Next LBA session(s)

• 19-23 September 2014
• Upcoming RadioAstron observations

• e-VLBI developments/demos

• Future plans
  • CASS developments

• LBA wide-banding?
  • Xcube tests
  • telescope issues
  • correlator issues
  • e-VLBI

• Organise scientific meeting in Northern Territory in 2015?

• Review of Actions from meeting on 27 March 2014

• AOB

Actions arising

CARRIED FORWARD/UPDATED/CONTINUING

NEW ACTION ITEMS

Actions arising

CARRIED FORWARD/UPDATED/CONTINUING

• LBA data archive consolidation and copy at CASS. (CASS, Curtin)
  • LBA data archive. Need ATNF disk space (Chris,Tasso, Shaun) Continuing

• ATCA Tsys via CABB (CASS) Updated
  • Tasso Consult with Warwick about Tsys implementation on the CABB (Tasso)

• Observer training and remote observing (Tasso) Continuing

• Pawsey centre access for VLBI and eVLBI (Chris, Cormac) Continuing

• Linear to Circular polarisation conversion. (Chris, Richard, Cormac) Continuing

• Monitoring “check-list” for ATNF telescopes (Chris, Jamie S) Continuing

• Curtin Xcube testing. Unit installed at ASKAP. Commission. (Chris, Cormac, Tasso) Continuing

• On-source info from ATCA. Fix cgi scripts (Chris) Continuing

• Get Ww FS log comments onto Wiki. Use UTas “floggit” script and automate? (Stuart, Chris, Jamie M.)

• Fix recmon to track correct experiment name, especially due complex recordings for Ellingsen (Chris, Jamie S)

• List Mk5 rtfc times for each observation from schedules (Cormac, Chris)

• RadioAstron schedules and check setups (Chris)

• Use new numbers for ATCA (4077 for DA; 4078 for Observer)

• For wideband systems more efficient to stop data recording in slews/stops AND better effieciency in correlator.
  • Adopt Mk5 systems?

• Cd upgrades
  • DAS replacement by dBBc (UTas).
  • L-band sensitivity measurements. (UTas)

• Tid tests for JPL DAS and Mk5c recorder
  • Let JPL know re VDIF format (Chris)
  • Web monitoring? Ports?

• CABB wide-band progress?
  • Email Tim Bateman and get report (Tasso)

• Cd drive-PC. Fix in short-term. Replace long-term? (UTas)

• Ensure correct wraps and limits are supported in Vex, especially for At and Mp. (ATNF, Cormac)

• Setup of circ pol hybrids at Mp. Need to tweak (ATNF)

• Tsys logs from Mp may be wrong if polarisation hybrid not setup properly. Need to average the 2 channels (ATNF)

• Mp L-band and X-band low power and no atten to adjust. Check with Jock (ATNF)

• Pks update of documentation. Polarisations are usually swapped. (ATNF, JER)

• Pkvsi1 dead! (ATNF)

• Antenna positions at ASKAP. May need geodetic run for new antenna. (ATNF, JER)

• Train/qualify more PIs for ATNF remote observing (ATNF)

• Streamline monitoring. Check ssh tunnel setups. (Jamie + Jamie, Chris)

NEW ACTION ITEMS

• GridFTP archive data to Marsfield (Chris, Cormac)

• Access to Hart 15m Mark5 (Chris, Jon Quick)

STANDING ACTION ITEMS

• Plan for replacements of old LBA DAS and some failing recorders.
  • Plans to replace at each station (UTas, CASS)

• VLBI science meeting in 2015 at Darwin/Katherine (NB. Now in 2015!!)
  • Setup LOC, SOC (Tasso, Jim)

Next meeting: TBD

STANDING ACTION ITEMS

• Plan for replacements of old LBA DAS and some failing recorders.
  • Plans to replace at each station (UTas, CASS)

• VLBI science meeting in 2015 at Darwin/Katherine (NB. Now in 2015!!)
  • Setup LOC, SOC (Tasso, Jim)

• Add ATCA (and Mopra?) initial wrap to schedules (Chris)

• New contacts list on Wiki (Chris, Cormac, eveyone)

Next meeting: TBD