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Goals/Milestones for Active & Planned GB Projects

Goals/milestones in italics are not included in the GBT quaterly reports

Goal Original Milestone Revised Milestone
(Revision Date)
Comments
43m (140') MIT-Lincoln Labs-NRAO (MLLN)
MLLN tunable receiver installed 08/18/06 11/30/06 Complete
Cooled (70K) Dewar installed 01/30/07 01/07/07 Complete
Improved CITECH system health reporting 02/28/07 06/01/07 Complete
Azimuth Track Refurbishment
Receive quotations and recommend awards 08/30/05 01/30/06 Complete
Receive AUI/NSF approvals and make awards 10/30/05 02/28/06 Complete
Welding plan and schedule complete 08/31/06 08/31/06 Complete
Contractor work/safety plan and schedule complete 10/01/06 10/01/06 Complete
Work Plan and Schedule complete 10/01/06 10/10/06 Complete
First 24 wear and base plates manufactured 01/31/07 03/13/07 Complete
Next 24 wear and base plates manufactured 03/30/07 4/2/07 Complete
All components on site 03/30/07 4/5/07 Complete
Refurbishment starts 05/01/07 4/30/07 Complete
First set plate installations complete 07/05/07 6/28/07 Complete
Second set of plate installations complete 08/04/07 8/17/07  
Installation phase complete 08/04/07 8/17/07  
Project demobilization complete 08/26/07    
Refurbishment complete 08/31/07    
Telescope performance restored 08/31/07    
Balancing
Project charter complete 08/15/06   Complete
Project MRs written and reviewed 11/15/06 12/29/2006 Complete
Caltech Continuum Backend
2nd CCB Detector finished 09/01/06 08/15/06 Complete
3rd CCB Detector finished 09/01/06 01/12/07 Complete
4th CCB Detector finished 10/01/06 N/A Not to be built
Project Complete 10/01/06 01/26/07 Complete - Completion delayed due to work on spectrometer LTA cards
Business Office Software Suite
Alpha product complete 5/31/06 5/31/06 Complete
Project charter written 10/01/06 12/29/06 Complete
Modification requests - Requirements & Sponsor Test Sections Complete 3/16/07   Complete
Modification requests - All Sections Complete 3/31/07 9/1/07 Design and testing sections will be complete upon deployment.
Deploy BOS to Socorro and Green Bank 5/15/07 9/1/07 Getting sponsor feedback and the sponsor testing process has been slower than expected.
Calibration Project
Documentation of current calibration procedures complete 10/31/06 2/16/06 Complete
C Band Receiver Upgrade
Review panel 04/24/2007   Complete
Upgrade Complete 02/15/07 08/31/07 Will be performed during summer shutdown
Comissioning Complete 03/01/07 09/30/07 Will be commissioned after summer shutdown
Converter Rack Detector Upgrades
Project begins 11/01/06   Complete
Project complete 02/15/07 04/15/06 Complete
Documentation
Chapter 2: Intro to SBs and Observing Scripts; released for comment 12/8/06 12/18/06 Complete
GBTIDL User's Guide Complete 12/21/06 12/22/06 Complete
Chapter 3: Observing Strategies; released for comment 01/12/07 3/6/07 Complete
Chapter 6: Tutorial on Weather and Dyn Sched; released for comment 01/26/07 3/6/07 Complete
Chapter 1: Intro to Astrid; released for comment 02/09/07 3/6/07 Complete
Chapter 4: GBT IF System; released for comment 02/16/07 3/6/07 Complete
Chapter 5: RFI; released for comment 03/2/07 3/6/07 Complete
Chapter 7: Before your Observing; released for comment 03/9/07 3/6/07 Complete
Chapter 8: After your Observing; released for comment 03/9/07 3/6/07 Complete
Version 2.0 of Observing Manual completed 04/01/07 4/20/07 Complete
Dynamic Scheduling
Dynamic scheduling test period defined 12/01/06 11/01/06 Complete
Test plan in place 02/01/07 04/01/07 Test phase moved to fall to ease burden on GBT observers
Test Phase I Complete 04/31/07 9/31/07 Test phase moved to fall to ease burden on GBT observers
Proposal review 06/01/07 06/06/07 Complete
Final proposal complete 06/30/07 08/15/07 Implementing changes from the reviews; Delayed due to less staff than anticipated
Stage I tools complete, Dynamic scheduling commences 06/01/08 10/01/08 Delayed due to less staff than anticipated
Stage II tools complete 06/01/09 10/01/09 Delayed due to less staff than anticipated
FPGA Development Project
First version of the iBob and ADC modules produced and documented 06/01/07 06/28/07 Complete
Interlocks Upgrade
Initial PLC Design Complete 01/15/07 02/28/07 Complete
PLC Programming Complete 02/28/07 07/30/07  
PLC Interface Cards Procured 02/28/07   Complete
Panels wired and tested 04/30/07   07/30/07
All programming complete 05/31/07   07/30/07
Main Servo installation begins 06/01/07 08/07/07  
Main Servo complete 06/30/07 08/30/07  
Secondary Servo installation begins 07/01/07 05/01/08  
Secondary Servo installation complete 07/31/07 05/31/08  
Project cleanup 08/01/07 08/01/08  
Project Complete 08/31/07 08/31/08  
HF receivers (Ka and Q)
Qband engineering work complete 08/01/06 10/01/06 Complete
Ka engineering work complete 08/16/06 09/20/06 Complete
Qband lab tests complete 10/15/06 10/20/06 Complete
Qband on telescope 10/01/06 10/20/06 Complete
Ka lab tests complete 10/15/06 10/10/06 Complete
Qband comissioning complete 10/31/06 12/14/06 Moved to accomodate astronomical observing; Complete
Ka on telescope 11/01/06 10/13/06 Complete
Ka comissioning complete 11/31/06 12/14/06 Moved to accomodate astronomoical observing & Qband commisioning; Complete
Subreflector NOD tests 2/15/07 03/01/06 Complete
Subreflector nod tests memo released 04/01/07 05/03/07 Complete
Penn Array Receiver
In-Progress Review 08/01/06   Complete
Array delivered to GB 09/01/06   Complete
Commissioning commences 02/21/05 09/11/06 Complete
Comissioning test complete 10/31/06 11/09/06 Complete
Document results from Fall Commissioning 12/31/06 03/31/07 Complete
Complete recharacterization of current array in the fixed dewar 06/05/07 06/01/07 Complete
Complete haracterization of the test array in the fixed dewar 06/20/07 06/15/07 Complete
Verify improved noise & cryogenic performance on the GBT 08/30/07    
Install on GBT for engineering & early science run 12/15/07    
Test YGOR manager on MUSTANG on GBT 01/30/08    
Document results from 2nd engineering run 03/30/08    
Precision Telescope Control System
Quadrant Dector manager complete 08/15/06 09/27/06 Complete
Quadrant Detector samplers graphic screen complete 12/29/06 12/29/06 Complete
Trajectory Generations and Servo improvements complete 12/31/06 8/30/2007 Only slow-speed tracking improvements
Short-term slow-speed tracking improvements complete 09/30/06 8/15/2007  
Wind measuring instruments design complete 07/10/07   On Hold
PLC interlock system installed 08/31/08    
Small-scale surface errors characterized 08/31/07    
Laser Range Finder V2 development complete 09/30/07 03/01/08  
Upgrade of pointing model with track terms 09/30/07    
Transfer of pointing model generation ability to Green Bank 04/01/07 12/31/07  
Streamlining of OOF Holography procedure 02/01/08    
Upgrade of traditional Holography Manager 10/31/07    
Recommissioning of traditional holography receiver 04/01/08    
Proposal Submission Tool
Round 2 of testing starts 08/16/06   Complete
Round 2 of testing ends 08/21/06   Complete
Next version released 08/28/06   Complete
Round 3 of testing ends 09/05/06   Complete
Official release date 09/11/06 09/15/06 Complete
Pulsar Upgrades
8-bit modes released 12/31/06    
Quiet Skies EPO initiative
5 prototypes complete 07/30/06 06/30/06 Complete
Website deployed and operational 08/15/06 10/02/06 Complete
10 units complete 09/01/06 11/15/06 Complete
Final 10 units complete 12/01/06 04/30/07 Complete
Solar Radio Burst Spectrometer (MRI Project)
Control System upgrade complete 10/01/06 03/31/07 Complete
Spectrometer Upgrades
Fix faulty self test in spectrometer 08/15/06 TBD Not scheduled
Bad lags software fix complete 08/15/06 09/22/06 Complete
LTA upgrade reveiew 10/18/06   Complete
Cross correlation MRs complete 11/15/06 2/15/07  
LTA circuit board layout complete 04/01/07 02/15/07 Complete
LTA circuit built 06/01/07 04/02/07 Complete, bench tests underway
LTA fix Complete 10/01/07 09/15/07  
Turret Rotator Upgrade
Engineering for upgrade complete 03/31/07    
Upgrade Complete 06/30/07    
Wideband Z-Spectrometer (Zpectrometer)
Zpectrometer crate delivered to UMd 6/1/06 08/15/06 Complete
Zpectrometer delivered to GB 8/15/06 09/16/06 Complete
Lab testing complete 10/15/06 10/06/06 Complete
Zpectrometer installed on telescope 10/01/06 10/20/06 Complete
Comissioning tests complete 12/01/06 12/01/06 Complete
Science validation complete 06/01/08    
Other
GBT RFI monitoring Station Complete 09/01/06 1/31/07 Complete on ground.
GBT RFI MS Gimbal Installed on GBT 4/31/07 5/12/07 Complete
GBT RFI MS antennas and electronics Installed on GBT 5/31/07   Complete
GBT RFI MS systems checkout 6/31/07   Complete
Control System Upgrades
(Inter-scan Latency Reduction Project, Unified Messaging, Fits data streams)
Project assesment complete 08/31/07   This is on-hold indefinitely pending resource allocation.

Goal Original Milestone Revised Milestone
(Revision Date)
Comments
CM&E
VLBI software conversion TBD   MRs to be written
Allow Saving of Invalid Scheduling Blocks 08/15/06 09/29/06 Complete
Automatic Updating of Zernike Coefficients 10/06/06 09/29/06 Complete
Migration of user database 12/31/06   Delayed to to lack of resource availability
Repair astrid "hang-ups" problem 11/15/06 12/31/06 (12/20/06)  
Turtle/GFM communication upgrade 11/15/06 12/31/06 (12/20/06)  

-- KarenONeil - 06 Jul 2006

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