Table of contents
- 1.1. Meeting page:
- 1.2. Agenda
- 2. Presentations
- 3. Minutes
- 4. Action Items
Meeting page:
Agenda
- Local Arrangements/Opening Remarks (de Vicente)
- Agenda
- Minutes and Action Items from last meeting
- Reports from the stations (all)
- Report from NRAO (Brisken)
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- Report from correlator
- Changes in procedures/personnel (Rottmann)
- Ros to replace Porcas as scheduler
- Yurii P. for GMVA correlation support and test observations
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- Session 1/2017 (Yurii P.)
- Session 2/2017 (Yurii P.)
- Session 1/2018 (Yurii P.)
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- GMVA observations & operations
- 4 Gbps mode @ VLBA
- 4 Gbps mode w. DBBC2/3
- Media / disk space
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- GMVA calibration - Discussion session
- Problems with sensitivity of VLBA antennas (Krichbaum/Rottmann)
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- AOB:
- closing remarks
Presentations
W. Brisken: VLBA in the GMVA
Y. Pidopryhora: Correlation report
H. Rottmann: GMVA 4Gbps possible modes
H. Rottmann: gain of VLBA antennas
Minutes
Action Items
Remaining action Items from the previous meeting
- (Bach) Compile and publish station pre-check list.
- (González): invesitgate possibility for front-end tone injection at Yebes.
- (Bach, Ef): improve Effelsberg bandpass @3mm
- (Himmwich, Bach, Rottmann): Find solution for creating working FS procedures from vex when using PFB flexmode
- (Rottmann, de Vicente): Compile information from stations about software tools in use. Setup software repository. Update: investigate whether JIVE github repository can be used.
- (Krichbaum, stations): increase preob time from 10s to 30s.
- (On, Mh): Measure gain curve before fall 2017 session.
- (Krichbaum): distribute document describing station calibration procedure on the GMVATech exploder.
- (Correlator): establish calibration quality control at correlator.
New action items
- (de Vicente): put scripts for tau calculation on github.
- (Krichbaum, Correlator): investigate how feedback between PIs, correlator and stations can be improved
- (Pidopryhora): Talk with Blanchard about Grafana usage for GMVA.
- (Pidopryhora): Organize GMVA test in Jan/Feb 2019 (see minutes for details)
- (Pidopryhora, JIVE): Investigate BHC tool for online fringe checks
- (Campbell, JIVE): write requirement document for Mark6 media usage during globals.
- (Rottmann, Sanchez): Build flexbuf capabilities at PV after bandwidth upgrade.
- (Jung, Rottmann): Organize Mark6 shipment to KVN for next session.
- (Brisken): investigate possibilty for a meeting in Soccorro.
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