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VLBI/eVLBI operations and technical meeting, Sydney, 12-13 Feb 2013

ACTIONS list

The ordering of this action list roughly follows the agenda of the meeting. Some actions were carried forward and modified from the previous meeting(s). A consolidated and integrated list is given here.

ACTION: Proposals and scheduling
- Monitor available LBA time and over-subscription (Phil) - CONTinuing
- Increase LBA time? (Phil) - CONT
- Encourage more ToOs (ATNF) - CONT
- More sessions of fewer days (e.g methanol cadence)? Produce early schedules and information. (Phil) - CONT
- Offer Mk5 subnet recording alternative with higher-BW in call for proposals (ATNF) - CONT
  - Mk5b at Ho for higher BW (LBA)
- Tanami Conference papers for 2012 Annual Report (Phil)
- RadioAstron observations into LBA system (Phil)
- Offer GRB transient monitoring on LBA subnet i.e. Ho, Ww, Ak, Mp ? (LBA)
- VLBA time utilisation via CenA proposal?
ACTION: SCHED issues
- Keep PIs informed on SCHED developments (Cormac,Phil) - CONT
- Cal flags in SCHED? Update sources.dat file with calibrator flags (Cormac,Chris) - CONT
  - fringe-finders; phase reference sources; calibrators on long baselines; new calibrators via eVLBI
  - ATCA developments for flag support (Jamie, Chris)
  - VEX2 implementation for flags (Cormac, Chris)
  - Flags in correlators and eVLBI (Chris, Cormac)
- Support in SCHED for new DAS - CONT
  - FS issues for dBBC via Ed Himwich (NZ)
  - Xcube in SCHED? (Chris)
- Consult with JER re FS issues
ACTION: Wiki/Web
- Continuing Wiki reorganisation/maintenance for accessibility (Chris,Cormac) - CONT
- Automate creation of Tsys and flagging files on Wiki (Cormac,Chris)
- Link Ho, Cd and Ww cal files to wiki (Cormac)
- Development of Ww noise cal systems and logs (NZ, LBA)
- Check correct ATCA DAS modes on Wiki (Chris, Cormac)
- Calibration data instructions on Wiki (Hayden, Hayley) - CONT
- Wiki "web-service"?
  - LBA monitor interface (Chris, Jamie, Cormac)
  - "chat" channel for important messages during observing?
  - "Google calendar" alarms?
ACTION: Observing and monitoring
- L-band feed at Ww (NZ)
- Ww Tsys monitoring (NZ)
- Tropospheric data for Katherine (AuScope)
- Better LBA monitoring
  - Include LBA-live pages in recmon-like page? (Chris)
  - Use cdisko catalogs and extract file lists (Jamie)
  - Get Tid monitoring? Push to Monica? (Shinji, Chris)
  - Ww monitoring via scripts. Implement via Monica? (Stewart, Cormac)
  - Test monitoring error thresholds (Chris)
  - Recorder monitoring links in Wiki
  - Monica alarm functionality coordination.
- Streamline fringe-checks for Mk5 (Chris)
- Use Mk5a at Ho and Tid for higher BW
- Investigate IVS special observations. Develop proposals. (Oleg)
- When 2 antennas used at Tid, record in different directories (Shinji)
- Utilise all available time at Tid (Shinji, ATNF) - CONT
- Get Parkes calibration data (Tasso, JER, Ettore)
- Get Tsys data on ATCA (Chris, Tasso)
- ATCA Array phasing issues (Chris, Jamie, Tasso)
- C-disko v2 to Tid for band flipping
- Monitor H-maser rate at ASKAP (ATNF)
ACTION: eVLBI pointing for Ww (Chris, Cormac, Jamie M, NZ)
ACTION: Data storage and transfers
- Review data transfer options - CONT
- Spare Mk5 to Geraldton for Ye data transfers? (AuScope, ATNF)
- Data deletion policy review (LBA) - CONT
ACTION: Correlators
- Advance warning (in proposal) to correlator of technical requirements of observations (PIs)
- Feedback from PIs. Add to Pi letter? (Phil, PIs)
- Pipeline imaging (Cormac, Chris)
  - Reduction pipeline on Cave for e-VLBI (Chris, Cormac)
  - make pipeline available to PIs?
  - Pipeline reduction for cals only
    - Cal flux-vs-time and compare with ATCA.
    - 1921-293 flux vs ATCA.
- Copy LBA data archive to ATNF (Curtin, ATNF) -CONT
  - Integrate with S2 archive (ATNF)
  - investigate RPFITS issues with Adam.
- LBA archive online via ATOA? (Tasso) - CONT
  - Investigate RPFITS and IDIFITS issues in ATOA (ATNF)
- CAL notes on Wiki and inform PIs (LBA)
- Aim for Tsys extraction at correlator (Curtin, ATNF)
- DiFX on Pawsey computers (Cormac)
  - explore other supercomputer options
ACTION: Networks and e-VLBI Demos - CONT
- Invite IVEC to networking meetings (ATNF)
- Overseas telescopes in eVLBI? (Tasso)
  - Indian connectivity? Letter to GMRT re VLBI timing issues (Tasso)
  - Regular Asia eVLBI tests?
  - Malaysia connectivity? (ATNF)
- Demos
  - NEXPReS BoD by June 2013 (Tasso, AARNet)
  - MWA demo in July? ASKAP demo?
  - ASKAP-KAT7 in eVLBI?
  - 10 GBps correlation (Chris, Cormac)
- Network costs from AARNet.
ACTION: e-VLBI developments - CONT
- Promote eVLBI better (All)
- eVLBI scheduling (cf EVN of ~10sessions/year) (ATNF)
- Advertise better e-VLBI capabilities with DiFX 2.0 (Tasso)
- Utilise more e-VLBI test-time (ATNF)
- Finalise VTP standard (Chris)
- Investigate Tid e-VLBI connectivity (Tasso)
ACTION: VLBI/eVLBI technical developments
- Monitor developments of DBBCs, DBEs etc (All)
  - new DAS?
  - Xcube commissioning
  - Progress in CABB wide-band system (ATNF)
- Monitor recorder/Disk developments (all)
  - Replacement of LBA recorders/Disks?
- Investigate Tsys logging in DBBC
- Cal scheme for linear-circular polarisation conversion (Chris, Cormac)
ACTION: VLBI Science meeting in Darwin/Katherine. Mid-2013? (Tasso, Jim)
ACTION: Next Ops meeting venue at Perth/Pawsey (Tasso, Cormac)