GB . Observing . CommissioningMeeting08May09 (r1.1 vs. r1.13)

<<O>> Difference Topic CommissioningMeeting08May09 (r1.13 - 16 May 2008 - AmyShelton)


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<<O>> Difference Topic CommissioningMeeting08May09 (r1.12 - 15 May 2008 - RonMaddalena)


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> >	We supported 22 projects in 33 observing sessions, including 2 VLB runs and 4 radar runs. The telescope was also scheduled for 12.5 hrs of maintenance, 1 hr of receiver checkouts, and 1.5 hrs of project tests.
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> >	There was absolutely no lost time this week!

<<O>> Difference Topic CommissioningMeeting08May09 (r1.11 - 09 May 2008 - JohnFord)


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> >	Design review held yesterday with Scott, Paul, Ron, and the GB crew.

<<O>> Difference Topic CommissioningMeeting08May09 (r1.10 - 09 May 2008 - AmyShelton)

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Operational Support:
- SDFITS online filler not keeping up w/ data rate.
- Antenna Characterization manager messages persisting even after normal operation resumes.
- Az oscillation/servo shutdown issue
- GBTIDL support - license issue
- Subreflector X1/X2 actuator problem debugging
- SDFITS/GBTIDL support: could not connect to online file due to testing
- Restarted servo monitor samplers
Release of v8.3
- 08 May 2008 - Integration Testing, 19:45-23:45
- 09 May 2008 - Integration Testing, 10:15-14:15
- 10 May 2008 - Regression Testing, 07:45-14:15 (paired with 11 May)
- 11 May 2008 - Regression Testing, 07:45-14:15 (paired with 10 May)
- Release notes are under development
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<<O>> Difference Topic CommissioningMeeting08May09 (r1.9 - 08 May 2008 - ToddHunter)


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< <	Validated that pointing model is accurately tracking gravity deformations and that the azimuth track is ‘flat’
> >	Validated that pointing model is accurately accounting for the local gravitational deflection of the vertical and that the azimuth track is ‘flat’
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< <	Manager update for processing of new Zernike values
> >	Manager update for processing of new thermal Zernike values Project Note 62 will be posted later today: "Geometric Phase Correction for GBT Holography Data"

<<O>> Difference Topic CommissioningMeeting08May09 (r1.8 - 08 May 2008 - BobAnderson)


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<<O>> Difference Topic CommissioningMeeting08May09 (r1.7 - 08 May 2008 - MartyBloss)


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> >	Ongoing work on Manager
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> >	PTCS program -- Marty Servo: Second proof-of-concept test for MATLAB to C++ code conversion (RTIA) Validated that pointing model is accurately tracking gravity deformations and that the azimuth track is ‘flat’ Surface: Additional active surface tests Manager update for processing of new Zernike values Items/actions in progress: Test of new Zernike values in Manager code on telescope (5/8-9) Changes to sampling in servo monitor New Programmable Decimator/Interpolation Filter

<<O>> Difference Topic CommissioningMeeting08May09 (r1.6 - 08 May 2008 - CarlBignell)


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> >	Last Week `=====`
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> >	Observations for proposals GBT08A-043, GBT08A-054, GBT08A-076, GBT08A-021, GBT08A-033, GBT08A-077, GBT07B-031, GBT07A-066, GBT06A-033, GBT08A-002, GBT08A-014, GBT08A-047, GBT07C-056, GBT08A-048, GBT08A-039, GBT06C-013, GBT07C-005, BW089 , GBT05A-029, BB255 , GBT08A-062, GBT08A-040 Completed proposals GBT06A-033, GBT08A-002, GBT08A-047, GBT07C-056, GBT08A-039, GBT06C-013, GBT07C-005, BW089, GBT08A-040 Next Week `=====` Observations scheduled for GBT08A-020 [F ] Jason Hessels Completing the GBT350 Pulsar and Transient Survey of the North Galactic Plane GBT08A-054 [ P ] Esteban Araya Correlated Variability of Astrophysical Masers II: Flares in IRAS18566+0408 GBT08A-021 [ B] Jeff Mangum Formaldehyde Densitometry of IR-Bright Galaxies GBT07C-084 [ B] Laura Kasian GBT Timing of a Young Highly Relativistic Binary Pulsar GBT08A-043 [F ] Jeremy Darling An OH Megamaser Survey at z~1 GBT07A-087 [ B] Paul Demorest Detecting nHz Gravitational Radiation using a Pulsar Timing Array GBT07C-030 [ P ] Joel Bregman The Detection of Redshifted Hot Baryons with the NVII Line GBT07B-031 [ P ] Steven Majewski Proper Motions of the Sagittarius Tidal Stream and the Shape of the Halo GBT08A-077 [F B] Fernando Camilo Studying the magnetar XTE J1810-197 GBT08A-011 [F ] Maura McLaughlin? Continued Radio Timing Observations of RRAT Sources GBT07B-020 [F ] Ingrid Stairs The Pulsar Triple System in M4 GBT07A-066 [ P ] Jim Braatz The Megamaser Cosmology Project GBT08A-014 [F B] Jay Lockman On the Trail of Smith's Cloud GBT07B-034 [F ] Robert Ferdman Timing Binary and Millisecond Pulsars from the Parkes Multibeam Survey GBT08A-015 [F ] Mallory Roberts A High Frequency Search for Pulsations from LSI+61 303 GBT07C-014 [ P ] Keivan Stassun Angular Momentum and Chemical Evolution of Pre-Stellar Cores in Ophiuchus GBT07B-037 [ P ] Farhad Yusef-Zadeh A Search for High Velocity Masers in the Galactic Center Molecular Ring GBT08A-017 [ P ] Pieter Buyle Gas streams around the supermassive black hole in the Andromeda Galaxy GBT07B-029 [F B] Michael Kramer Timing and General Relativity in the Double Pulsar System GBT08A-072 [ B] Helene Courtois Bulk motions of filaments in the Local Universe GBT08A-073 [ B] Viswesh Marthi A deep search for associated HI 21cm absorption in red quasars GBT08A-062 [F ] Jeremy Darling A "Blind'' HI Absorption Pilot Survey of the Local Universe GBT07C-060 [ B] Fernando Camilo GLAST timing at GBT: six key radio-faint pulsars Scheduled as F-ixed, P-rimary, B-ackup Contact Information for 05/22/2008 - 06/05/2008 `===================================` Proposal PI Bands Email [NRAO contact] ------------------ ----- -------------------- BB240 Geoff Bower X gbower@astro.berkeley.edu [] GBT08A-076 Nissim Kanekar 4 nkanekar@nrao.edu [Jules Harnett] GBT07A-087 Paul Demorest L pdemores@nrao.edu [Scott Ransom] GBT08A-077 Fernando Camilo S fernando@astro.columbia.edu [Scott Ransom] GBT08A-033 Mike Blanton L blanton@nyu.edu [Jules Harnett] GBT07A-066 Jim Braatz K jbraatz@nrao.edu [Jim Braatz] GBT08B-023 Robert Ferdman L ferdman@phas.ubc.ca [Scott Ransom] GBT08A-068 Ryan Johnson L ryan.e.johnson@dartmouth.edu [Jules Harnett] GBT08A-013 Thushara Pillai L tpillai@cfa.harvard.edu [Jules Harnett] GBT08A-014 Jay Lockman L jlockman@nrao.edu [Jay Lockman] GBT07A-101 Clive Dickinson B cdickins@astro.caltech.edu [Brian Mason] GM064 James Miller-Jones K jmiller@nrao.edu [] GBT07C-068 Amy Lovell L alovell@agnesscott.edu [Toney Minter] GBT07C-013 Nissim Kanekar S nkanekar@nrao.edu [Frank Ghigo] GBT07C-079 Antonio Crapsi K a.crapsi@oan.es [Toney Minter] GBT07C-014 Keivan Stassun K keivan.stassun@vanderbilt.edu [Larry Morgan] GBT08B-017 Julia Deneva S deneva@astro.cornell.edu [Scott Ransom] GBT07B-029 Michael Kramer L mkramer@jb.man.ac.uk [Scott Ransom] GBT05A-029 Paul VandenBout? B pvandenb@nrao.edu [Ron Maddalena] GBT08A-082 Min Yun L myun@astro.umass.edu [Jules Harnett] GBT08A-062 Jeremy Darling L jdarling@origins.colorado.edu [Jules Harnett] BB242 Jim Braatz K jbraatz@nrao.edu [] GBT07C-060 Fernando Camilo S fernando@astro.columbia.edu [Scott Ransom] GBT08A-041 Jeremy Darling S jdarling@origins.colorado.edu [Ron Maddalena] GBT07A-051 Mike Hollis 3468A jan.m.hollis@nasa.gov [Larry Morgan] Scheduled hours [backup] `====================` Category/Month-> May June July August Astronomy ~ 631 [290] 288 244 231 Maintenance ~ 52 [034] 167 196 168 Test & Comm ~ 32 [016] 7 0 0 Un-assigned ~ 30 259 307 345 Proposal Checkouts #[hrs]* `=====================` Awaiting checkout - 0[0] Active checkout - 0[0] On Hold - 0[0] Schedule - 114[2038] Completed - 537[6517] * All but completed queue applies to GBT only proposals Current backlog of Reg & RRS proposals [hours prior to 08A] = 1030 [2005:49(5), 2006:187(8), 2007:794(36)] Backlog includes 112 hrs of monitoring projects 246 hrs of vlbi projects Total time to discharge [hours] = 4785 Includes 276 hours++ of monitoring (not Large or Spec) after trimester 08A hours of Regular & RRS proposals hours of Large proposals hours of VLBI proposals Includes projects that are on hold for trimester 08A ++ Time is counted in other break down as well. 08A

<<O>> Difference Topic CommissioningMeeting08May09 (r1.5 - 08 May 2008 - RandyMcCullough)


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> >	Jason and J.D. repaired two LVDT modules Thursday morning which reactivated a total of 32 actuators (16 each).

<<O>> Difference Topic CommissioningMeeting08May09 (r1.4 - 08 May 2008 - GalenWatts)


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<<O>> Difference Topic CommissioningMeeting08May09 (r1.3 - 08 May 2008 - GlenLangston)

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Normal Spacecraft tracking
Met with Rich Bradley, Rohit Gawande and Steve White to plan a test of their .5 to 3 GHz feed
Working on a Ibob based spectrometer for polarization tests

<<O>> Difference Topic CommissioningMeeting08May09 (r1.2 - 08 May 2008 - StevenWhite)


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> >	Tests on the cryogenic S band notch filter are complete with EDTN 210 generated. The S band must be removed for installation (~4 week) with the notch filter being a permanent addition. Lowering the S band system temperature by cooling the OMT is possible by will take two more weeks. The S band low was check Thursday with no problems found. Began work on testing Rohit feed on 140 foot.
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> >	Video Conference on pipeline software with Calgary collaborators. Summary is available here. Test dewar parts near completion.