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PTCS
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Primary Each six week cycle:
- At least two 24 hour periods, dynamically scheduled.
- An additional 12 hours; could be used in smaller blocks (e.g. 3 x 4 hours) as necessary.
Averages 40 hours primary time per month.
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Software Development / Ease of Use Project
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backup Each six week cycle (in the following order):
- Two blocks of 4 hours each for integration tests; full system and no antenna. David Fleming
- One block of 12 hours for regression tests; full system and antenna. Jim Braatz
- One block of 4 hours for integration tests. David Fleming
- One block of 2 hours for regression tests and release. David Fleming
Averages 15 hours backup time per month.
backup Observing/Configuration API testing (Frank Ghigo):
- C4: May 15 - June 30 8 hr/wk
- C5: July 1 - Aug 15 6 hr/wk
- C6: Aug 15 - Sept 30 4 hr/wk
Averages: 32 backup hpm June, 24 hpm July, 20 hpm August, 16 hpm September.
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New Instrument Commissioning
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- backup PF2 ~40 hours backup time May. Who?
- primary Ka-band: 40 hours for the months of April and May 2004, dynamically scheduled. Brian Mason, Frank Ghigo
- primary Ka band, CCB & MMConverter 8h/week dynamically scheduled at night from Oct 1, 04 - Feb 01, 05. Brian Mason and Ron Maddalena
Averages 40 hours primary and 40 hours backup time in May.
Averages 32 hours per month primary time October 2004 through February 2005
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Existing Receiver Checkout
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- primary X-band checkout after bandwidth and polarization switch upgrade. Who? 6 x 8h Aug 15 - Sep30
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GBT Calibration
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- backup S-band calibration. Who? How much? When? (combine with sys cal?)
- primary/backup 8 hours per month for system calibration (ending at 4 or 23 LST). Frank Ghigo
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Other
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- Spigot tests: 12-15 hours backup per month through July to test new modes, preferably in
4-6 hours blocks separated by a week or more
- Spectral line cross correlation tests of approximately 20 hours in September
(dependent, of course, on having the modes ready to go by then)
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