AGENDA
Version 1,
Walter
Alef
Local Arrangements/Opening Remarks (Gunn & Alef)
Approval & last minute additions to Agenda [All]
Review of Action Items from last meeting (Gunn, all; see appended list)
Reliability/Performance of the EVN (Paragi)
"near-realtime" fringe checks
NME results (polarization purity?)
MK5 in the last session (all)
High bitrate observations, patching, LOs: experience from last session(Paragi, all)
Interference (all)
phase-cal, BBC checks, sampler statistics: experience with CHKCHK (all)
Amplitude Calibration (Reynolds)
Timely delivery of results?
Quality of measurements
Linearity of BBCs determined? (all)
GNPLT problems? (all)
ANTAB generation at stations (Reynolds, all)
Continuous cal with VLBA terminals (Graham)
Opacity(Himwich, Orlati)
Automatic flagging (Reynolds)
Problems? (all)
MK5
Status: SATA, MK5B, hardware bank-switch (Smythe)
Disk purchase status, policy (all)
1 Gbit/s as default for continuum observations
Disk-pack repair policy (all)
Tape -> disk switchover: status (all)
MK5 logistics (shipping, boxes, etc.) (all)
NRAO MK5 status (Walker)
MK5 wishlist (all)
Field System (Himwich)
Full MK5 support up to 1 Gbit/s
Automatic near-realtime fringe checks w. pre-defined fringe finders
e-VLBI support
new features
Sched Developments (Reynolds, Walker)
MK5 support up to 1 Gbit/s
Identification of fringe finders for fringe checks
VEX for Mark5
Scans outside of telescope limits
catalogs
simplification of continuum modes
slewing algorithms vs. SKED's
IF switchbox (Graham)
New firmware decoder (5.2), formatter (41): implementation status (Graham, all)
Spare parts, new policy? (Burgess, all)
Digital BBCs (Tuccari, Alef)
e-VLBI status (Parsley, Smythe)
Station + correlator reports (as time permits)
Status
table questionaire
Please provide
written reports + questionaire by November 15 (due to CBD meeting)!
AOB
Time and place of the next meeting (volunteers please!)
List of action items:
Action: Friends to contact Gunn if there is a problem with a schedule
Action: Wunderlich make a new list of spares
Action: Pogrebenko distribute the 'lost stack' software to the Bonn correlator
Action: All: try to get a patching system to avoid these problems and get it working before May
Reynolds: Get modifications into the Walker SCHED
Action: Graham, Himwich and Gunn: produce improved K-band corrections (particularly opacity).
Action: All: Check BBC linearity up to 25000 units and zero-level offsets.
Action: Noto improve flagging data
Action: Alef contact EVN chairman to express the need for SATA connection capability in Mark5B.
Action: Smythe ask Conduant to send shipping boxes with each disk pack kit
Action: Alef take the recommendations of the pre-meeting as board of directors.
Action: All: Check their SCHED catalog entries and send updates to Reynolds
Action: Winderlich request the firmware code