Green Bank Coordination Meeting Summary

for Tuesday, Oct 9, 2001

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Targets for 2001
DowDateDescriptionLocationPerson
Mon Jan 22-Oct 2 Terminate new fiber in lab JL Ford
Thu Oct 4 WVMR radio program taping (at 2pm - broadcast 2nd Sat) - P. Jewell . Lockman
. Oct 4- 6 Deer hunt on NRAO property . Holstine
Fri Oct 5 Installation of Optical Guide Scope complete GBT Prestage
. Oct 5 Use of Mainsaver within Operations group . Lawrence
. Oct 5 Installation of sidewalks GBT site Holstine
. Oct 5 Install drainage system for Laser Monument ZY105 GBT site Wirt
. Oct 5 Installation of A/C in the Machine Shop . Wirt
. Oct 5 Installation of water and septic to GBT warehouse . Wirt
. Oct 5- 8 GBT shutdown (Fri 4:30pm through Tue 7:30am) . Jewell
Sat Oct 6- 8 Penn State Erie, Darren Williams 40 Ft Heatherly
Mon Oct 8 NRAO Holiday - Columbus Day . .
Tue Oct 9 Machine Shop Renovations . Holstine
. Oct 9-Mar 30 Construction of NRAO Townhouses . Holstine
. Oct 9 Connect GBT Anemometer to the system GBT Simon
. Oct 9 Installation of phones in the warehouse complete . Simon
. Oct 9- 19 Aips++ Working Group . Jewell
. Oct 9 Quarterly Reports Due . Jewell
Wed Oct 10 Training PCHS, RESA IV JL Aud Heatherly
Thu Oct 11- 14 Forsyth Astronomical Society, Terry Shore 40 Ft Heatherly
. Oct 11- 12 Deer hunt on NRAO property . Holstine
. Oct 11- 12 Teacher's training, Trussler JL Aud Heatherly
Fri Oct 12 Cryo compressor number 5 fabricated. . Prestage
. Oct 12 Install conduit to weather tower GBT site Wirt
Mon Oct 15-Dec 31 Start construction of NRAO Education and Visitor Center . Wirt
Fri Oct 19- 21 Glenelg High School 40 Ft Heatherly
Sun Oct 21 Expansion of Computer Server Room (awaiting new machines) JL Prestage
Wed Oct 24 Jansky Symposium in CV CV .
Fri Oct 26- 28 Villanova University 40 Ft Heatherly
. Oct 26 Jansky Lecture JL Aud .
Tue Oct 30 Quadrant detector installation complete GBT Prestage
. Oct 30 Detailed Requirements for Observing Asistant III program . Lawrence
. Oct 30 Cryo compressor number 6 (spare) fabricated. . Prestage
Wed Oct 31 GBT and 20m ties experiment GBT, 20m Ghigo
Thu Nov 1 MCB monitoring of backup pwr gen. and pwr xfmr complete. GBT Prestage
. Nov 1 New main breaker for power distribution installed . Holstine
. Nov 1 WVMR radio program taping (at 2pm - broadcast 2nd Sat) - G. Langston . Lockman
Fri Nov 2 Rewire site switch (site power shutdown for 2-3 days) . Holstine
Wed Nov 7 Rewiring of power distribution complete . Holstine
Mon Nov 12- 13 NRAO Education & Public Outreach (EPO) Roundtable JL Aud Lockman
Wed Nov 14 GBT and 20m ties experiment GBT, 20m Ghigo
Thu Nov 15 Begin documentation of R&R maintenance procedures using new system . Meadows
. Nov 15 RESA IV Science Bowl JL Aud Heatherly
Thu Nov 22 NRAO Holiday - Thanksgiving Day . .
Fri Nov 23 NRAO Holiday . .
Fri Nov 30 Mothball 20m . Chestnut
. Nov 30 Repair and installation of track covers complete GBT Prestage
Sat Dec 1 Complete design of new dormitory . Holstine
Thu Dec 6 WVMR radio program taping (at 2pm - broadcast 2nd Sat) - D. Balsar . Lockman
Mon Dec 24 NRAO Holiday . .
Tue Dec 25 NRAO Holiday - Christmas Day . .
Mon Dec 31 NRAO Holiday . .
Notes: JL-Jansky Lab, JL Aud - JL Auditorium, NJL-New addition to the Jansky Lab, NCR - New Conference Room, TC - Tour Center, RA - Recreation Area [Meeting regularly scheduled for 1pm in the NCR] **** Holiday on Monday Oct 8 - Meeting will be held on Tues ****
Targets for 2002
DowDateDescriptionLocationPerson
Thu Jan 3 WVMR radio program taping (at 2pm - broadcast 2nd Sat) - F. Ghigo . Lockman
Thu Feb 7 WVMR radio program taping (at 2pm - broadcast 2nd Sat) - J. Braatz . Lockman
Thu Feb 28 Planned termination of OVLBI operations GB Jewell
Thu Mar 7 WVMR radio program taping (at 2pm - broadcast 2nd Sat) - R. Maddelena . Lockman
Sun May 19- 25 Chautauqua Course JL Aud Heatherly
Mon Jun 10- 15 IUCAF Spectrum Management Meeting JL Aud .
Sun Jun 16- 29 RARECATS JL Aud Heatherly
Sun Jul 14- 20 HOU I JL Aud Heatherly
Sun Jul 28-Aug 3 HOU II JL Aud Heatherly
Fri Aug 2 Construction of NRAO Education and Visitor Center complete . Holstine
Notes: JL-Jansky Lab, JL Aud - JL Auditorium, NJL-New addition to the Jansky Lab, NCR - New Conference Room, TC - Tour Center, RA - Recreation Area [Meeting regularly scheduled for 1pm in the NCR] **** Holiday on Monday Oct 8 - Meeting will be held on Tues ****
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Open Positions
Division, PositionLocBudgetReq #PostingStartNameStatus
MIS/Safety, Secretary GB CV CV2221 08/31/01 . . .
Computer, Assistant Scientist GB GB GB2191 03/08/01 . . .
Computer, Division Head GB GB GB2196 03/19/01 . . .
Computer, Systems Analyst GB GB GB2192 04/02/01 . . .
Electronics, Digital Eng. GB GB GB2221 . . . .
Electronics, Interference Engineer GB GB GB2184 03/27/01 . . .
Mechanical Eng., Machinist GB GB GB2224 07/25/01 . . .
Scientific Services, 3mm Pgm Scientist GB GB CV2153 . (06/01/02) B. Mason .
() - Target date; Status: A-Awating approval, Pt-Part time, Tr-Transfer, Te-Temporary, F-Temporarily frozen
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GBT Receivers
Receiver (GHz)BandLocationPolarization# BeamsTrec(k)Tsys(k)InstalledAvailable
.290 - .395 3 Prime F. Linear/Circular 1 14 70 . .
.385 - .520 4 Prime F. Linear/Circular 1 . 57 . .
.510 - .690 6 Prime F. Linear/Circular 1 . 48 . .
.680 - .920 8 Prime F. Linear/Circular 1 . 24.5 . .
.910 - 1.23 A Prime F. Linear/Circular 1 . 21.9 Dev .
1.15 - 1.73 L Greg. Linear/Circular 1 6 20 . .
1.73 - 2.60 S Greg. Linear/Circular 1 8 - 12 24 . .
3.95 - 5.85 C Greg. Linear/Circular 1 12 25 Storage * .
8.00 - 10.1 X Greg. Circular 1 13 21 - 27 . .
12.00 Ku Greg. Circular 2 14 24 - 30 . .
18.00 - 22.4 K Greg. Circular 2 19 38 . .
22.00 - 26.50 K Greg. Circular 2 23 42 . .
26.50 - 40.00 Ka Greg. Circular 2 . . Dev .
40.00 - 50.00 Q Greg. Circular 4 30 35 - 160 Storage * .
68.00 - 92.00 W Greg. Linear 2 70 . Dev .
90.00 - 115.00 W Greg. . . . . Hold .
Notes: Status - Blank => rcvr on GBT and operational; Dev => rcvr in development; Hold => rcvr planned but development not yet started; Repair => rcvr in shop for repairs or modification; Storage => reveiver ready for use but currently in storage Date - A => available date; N => needed date * => requires at least three weeks to install on telescope from storage .
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