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Telecon2012Nov29

VLBI teleconference, Thursday 29 November 2012

02:30 UT - 10:30 Perth, 13:30 Eastern Summer Time, 15:30 New Zealand

Phone:

Meeting ID: 5345

Chair: Tasso Tzioumis

Attendance: Cormac Reynolds, Hayley Bignall (Curtin); Tasso Tzioumis, Chris Phillips, Phil Edwards, Giannis Gonidakis (CASS Marsfield); Jamie Stevens (CASS Narrabri); Brett Reid, Jamie McCallum, Simon Ellingsen, Jim Lovell (UTas); Richard Dodson (UWA)

Apologies:

Agenda

• Debrief from 9-16 November 2012 LBA session
  • Station reports
    • L-band Cd observing
  • Fringe checking
  • Correlator report
  • Any other issues
  • ATCA phasing. Check performance and implementation
    • Results presented here:
    • Results from V471 and V464
• Planning for next VLBI session(s)
  • 14-21 March 2013 LBA session
    • ASKAP support
    • AuScope participation
    • NZ participation?
    • Any other issues
  • Upcoming RadioAstron observations
  • ATCA/Mopra/Tid 32GHz test observations?
  • NTFN tests 18-22 Feb. + March session.
• Wiki logs
• Data transfers.
• News and Reports from observatories & correlator(s)
  • NZ
• e-VLBI developments/demos
• Future plans: LBA wide-banding?
  • telescope issues
  • correlator issues
  • e-VLBI
• RadioAstron KSP meeting Bonn, Dec 3-4, 2012
• Next LBA operations/technical/eVLBI meeting. Hobart 12-13 February 2013??
• Review of Actions from meeting on 02 November 2012
• AOB

Actions arising

CARRIED FORWARD/UPDATED/CONTINUING

• LBA data archive consolidation and copy at CASS. (CASS, Curtin)
  • LBA data archive. Need ATNF disk space (Tasso, Shaun)
• ATCA phasing. Check performance and implementation (Jamie S, Richard)
  • Check last session perfomance and report (Jamie, Richard, Chris)
• ATCA Tsys via CABB (CASS)
  • Tsys at ATCA still not available in CABB. Discuss with WEW (Jamie S)
  • New hybrid mode? (CASS)
• Observer training and remote observing (Tasso)
• More Rx at ASKAP for VLBI. Methanol? (Tasso)
• Wiki logs (All)
  • Annual "best" wiki-log competition. To be judged by correlator. (Tasso)
• Schedule more 32 GHz tests with ATCA? (Phil)
• Tests for 22 and 43 GHz VLBI with KVN (Richard, Jamie S)
• 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)
  • Distributed correlation with Curtin (Cormac, Chris)
  • BoD test (Chris, Tasso)
  • COMBINE the 2 tests? (Tasso)
• Pawsey centre access for VLBI and eVLBI (Chris, Cormac)
• CABB should produce upper-sideband to avoid DiFX issues (Chris, Tim)

NEW ACTION ITEMS

• Linear to Circular polarisation conversion. Most immediate for ASKAP data. (Chris, Richard, Cormac)
  • Software changes in branch of trunk in DiFX (Chris)
• More tests of Cd H-maser after contact cleaning (Jamie M)
• Update procedures for polarisation changing at L-band in Ho (Jamie M.)
• New ATCA hybrid config not working in L-band. Needs WEW fix (Jamie S)
• Enable alarms in Recmon during observing (All)
  • Provide instructions (Chris)
• Monitoring "check-list" for ATNF telescopes (Chris, Jamie S)
• Fringe checks complex. Need 2nd person for telescopes setups (ATNF)
  • Faster access to South Africa data (tsunami?) (Chris)
• Grid-ftp on ATNF for data transfers (Chris, Cormac)
• Xcube sampler testing (Chris)
• ATCA Wiki logs with more info (Chris)
  • Perl script to pick-up info at ATCA. Link in wiki (Chris)
• eVLBI development review? (All)

STANDING ACTION ITEMS

• LBA ops/technical/e-VLBI annual meeting in Hobart 12-13 February (All)
  • Local arrangements and hotels on web (Simon)
  • Draft program and links and announcement (Tasso)

Next meeting: LBA annual meeting in Hobart 12-13 February