Interference Protection Group First Meeting Agenda 1. Charge to the committee 2. Available resources (budget, technician help, existing equipment, telescope operator participation) 3. Areas to be addressed a. Radiation from Observatory equipment b. Internal spurious signals in observing equipment c. Documentation and monitoring of interference environment 1. Timely access and useful display 2. Sensitivity and time/frequency resolution 3. Frequency range d. Response to interference reports e. Interference excision 1. Adaptive filtering 2. Software tools f. GBT monitoring station as it affects GBT schedule g. Service to Quiet Zone administration h. Documentation (user instructions and alerts, tech reports, meeting minutes) i. Distribution of existing documents to committee j. Additional items 4. Immediate priorities and assignments a. Monitoring station(s) preliminary design b. Instrumentation of the indoor test range c. Instrumentation of a portable RFI sniffer d. GBT equipment radiated RFI (criteria and test procedure) e. GBT internal spurious responses (criteria and test procedure) f. Interference database g. Correction of known problems h. Iridium 5. Committee format and meeting schedule