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GBT Operations & Commissioning Meeting

11 January 2008

GB137 and by video-con from CV-Conf

AGENDA


Upcoming Activities -- Carl

Activities List


Operations


Scheduling Status -- Carl

Last Week
=========

Observations for proposals
   BB240     , GBT07B-020, GBT07C-020, 
   GBT07A-066, GBT07C-043, GBT07A-034, 
   GBT07B-034, GBT07C-068, GBT07C-038, 
   GBT07A-029, GBT05A-027, GBT05C-047, 
   GBT07C-080, GBT07C-060, GBT07A-051

Next Week
=========
Observations scheduled for **
  BB240      [ P ] Geoff Bower
       RIPL: Radio Interferometric PLanet Search         
  GBT07C-084 [  B] Laura Kasian
       GBT Timing of a Young Highly Relativistic Binary  
       Pulsar                                            
  GBT08A-043 [  B] Jeremy Darling
       An OH Megamaser Survey at z~1                     
  GBT07C-020 [  B] Fernando Camilo
       Studying the magnetar XTE J1810-197               
  GBT07C-043 [  B] Tom Bania
       The Electron Temperature Gradient in the Galactic 
       Disk                                              
  GBT07A-034 [ P ] Jim Braatz
       The Megamaser Cosmology Project: A Survey for H2O 
       Masers in SDSS and 2MRS AGNs                      
  GBT07A-015 [ P ] Jeff Mangum
       Formaldehyde Densitometry of External Galaxies    
  GBT07C-068 [F B] Amy Lovell
       OH Observations of Short- and Long-Period Comets  
  GBT05C-047 [ P ] Thomas Greve
       A survey of CO(1-0) from dusty submillimeter      
       galaxies with known redshifts                     
  GBT05A-027 [ P ] Andrew Blain
       Detecting CO(1-0) in representative high-redshift 
       dusty galaxies using  giant gravitational lenses  
  GBT06C-026 [ P ] Clive Dickinson
       The spinning dust grains of LDN1622               
  GBT07C-016 [ P ] Nissim Kanekar
       Using NH3 lines to probe changes in fundamental   
       constants                                         
  GBT07A-029 [F B] Dick Crutcher
       A Definitive Test of Star Formation Theory        
  GBT05C-048 [FP ] Jim Higdon
       Molecular Gas In Optically Invisible              
       Hyper-Luminous Infrared Galaxies                  
  GBT07A-009 [  B] D.J. Pisano
       HI Emission from Gravitationally Lensed Galaxies  
       at z~0.5                                          
  GBT05A-029 [ P ] Paul VandenBout
       Search for Cold Molecular Gas at High Redshift    
  GBT07C-080 [  B] Vlad Kondratiev
       A Pulsar Census of the Local Group                
  BB242      [ P ] Jim Braatz
       The Megamaser Cosmology Project                   
  GBT08A-073 [  B] Viswesh Marthi
       A deep search for associated HI 21cm absorption   
       in red quasars                                    
  GBT07A-051 [ PB] Mike Hollis
       A GBT Legacy Survey of Prebiotic Molecules Toward 
       SgrB2(N-LMH) and TMC-1                            
** Scheduled as F-ixed, P-rimary, B-ackup

Contact Information for 01/24/2008 - 02/07/2008
=======================================
Proposal   PI                 Bands Email [NRAO contact]    
---------- ------------------ ----- --------------------
BR125      Tim Robishaw       L     robishaw@astro.berkeley.edu []
BB240      Geoff Bower        X     gbower@astro.berkeley.edu []
GBT07C-040 Mark Birkinshaw    B     mark.birkinshaw@bristol.ac.uk [Brian Mason]
GBT08A-043 Jeremy Darling     A     jdarling@origins.colorado.edu [Toney Minter]
GBT08A-077 Fernando Camilo    S     fernando@astro.columbia.edu [Scott Ransom]
GBT08A-011 Maura McLaughlin   8     maura.mclaughlin@mail.wvu.edu [Scott Ransom]
GBT07A-087 Paul Demorest      L     pdemores@nrao.edu [Scott Ransom]
GBT08A-056 Simon Dicker       P     simon.dicker@gmail.com [Brian Mason]
GBT06B-042 Nissim Kanekar     8     nkanekar@nrao.edu [Larry Morgan]
GBT07A-066 Jim Braatz         K     jbraatz@nrao.edu [Jim Braatz]
GBT05B-030 Fabian Walter      B     walter@mpia.de [Dana Balser]
GBT07C-020 Fernando Camilo    S     fernando@astro.columbia.edu [Scott Ransom]
GBT07A-089 Fernando Camilo    8     fernando@astro.columbia.edu [Scott Ransom]
GBT07C-054 David Meier        B     dmeier@nrao.edu [D.J. Pisano]
GBT07A-034 Jim Braatz         K     jbraatz@nrao.edu [Jim Braatz]
GBT07C-033 Jason Hessels      8     jhessels@science.uva.nl [Scott Ransom]
GBT08A-014 Jay Lockman        L     jlockman@nrao.edu [Jay Lockman]
GBT05C-043 Nissim Kanekar     Q     nkanekar@nrao.edu [Dana Balser]
GBT06C-026 Clive Dickinson    U     cdickins@astro.caltech.edu [Larry Morgan]
GBT07A-029 Dick Crutcher      L     crutcher@uiuc.edu [Toney Minter]
GBT07C-016 Nissim Kanekar     K     nkanekar@nrao.edu [Jim Braatz]
GBT05A-027 Andrew Blain       B     awb@astro.caltech.edu [Toney Minter]
GBT07B-029 Michael Kramer     8     mkramer@jb.man.ac.uk [Scott Ransom]
GBT05C-048 Jim Higdon         Q     jhigdon@georgiasouthern.edu [Dana Balser]
GBT07A-009 D.J. Pisano        A     dpisano@nrao.edu [D.J. Pisano]
BG170      Gabriele Giovannin QX    ggiovann@ira.inaf.it []
GBT07A-071 Nissim Kanekar     B     nkanekar@nrao.edu [Toney Minter]
GBT08A-072 Helene Courtois    L     h.courtois@ipnl.in2p3.fr [Rick Fisher]
GBT07A-094 Scott Ransom       S     sransom@nrao.edu [Scott Ransom]
GBT03C-028 Fabian Walter      B     walter@mpia.de [Dana Balser]
GBT08A-073 Viswesh Marthi     A     vrmarthi@ncra.tifr.res.in [Paul Ruffle]
GBT07A-040 Larry Weintraub    B     lcw@astro.caltech.edu [Brian Mason]
GBT07A-051 Mike Hollis        LSCXU jan.m.hollis@nasa.gov [Larry Morgan]

Scheduled hours [backup]
========================
Category/Month-> January   
    Astronomy ~  620 [384] 
  Maintenance ~   37 [068] 
  Test & Comm ~   86 [008] 
  Un-assigned ~    2       

Proposal Checkouts #[hrs]*
=========================
Awaiting checkout - 0[0]
  Active checkout - 0[0]
          On Hold - 0[0]
         Schedule - 160[4019]
        Completed - 491[6273]
* All but completed queue applies to GBT only proposals


Current backlog of Reg & RRS proposals [hours prior to 07C*] = 917
   [2005:161(10), 2006:274(12), 2007:482(22)]
   Backlog includes 367 hrs of monitoring projects
                    181 hrs of vlbi projects
Total time to discharge [hours] = 5730
   Includes 525 hours++ of monitoring (not Large or Spec) after trimester 07C
            2491 hours of Regular & RRS proposals 
            2890 hours of Large proposals 
            350 hours of VLBI proposals 
* Includes projects that are on hold for trimester 07C
++ Time is counted in other break down as well. 07C


Observing News -- Ron


Commissioning Plans -- Ron


GBT Telescope Operations -- Bob


Mechanical Division Operations -- Dennis


Microwave Electronics Operations -- Steve


Digital Electronics Operations -- Randy


RFI Group Operations -- Carla


Software Operations -- Amy


Computing and Network Operations -- Chris

Servo room Allied Telesyn switch required a reboot on Saturday. Waiting on parts to replace this switch. Will be transferring 2 more machines to the cisco switch during maintenance next week. 3 new switches are at CV being configured for deployment at tour center, old Jansky lab and basement.


Business Services -- Mike


43m Operations -- Glen


Project and Development Work


Dynamic Scheduling -- Karen


MUSTANG -- Brian


PTCS program -- Marty, John, Todd


CICADA program -- John


Ka-band Rx / Zpectrometer -- Galen

Accomplishments since last report:


K-band Focal Plane Array -- Steve


Other Project Notes


Any other Business

-- RichardPrestage - 10 Jan 2008

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