Green Bank Coordination Meeting Summary

for Monday, Aug 21, 2006

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Targets for 2006
DowDateDescriptionLocationPerson
Thu Jul 13-Aug 31 Upgrade to 45' Control System (Antenna Shutdown) 45-Ft. Telescope Weadon
Mon Aug 14 Call for Large Proposals Ready . Prestage
. Aug 14 Call for "Summer Shutdown" Proposals Ready . Prestage
Thu Aug 17 Tygarts Valley Summer Enrichment, Amy Taylor 40-Ft. Telescope Heatherly
Fri Aug 18 Agree detailed timeline for Penn, Ka, Q, CCB, Zpectrometer Commissioning . Maddalena
Mon Aug 28 Text for 07A call for proposals ready . Maddalena/Bignell
. Aug 28 Detailed newsleter article describing work on Ka and Q band receivers . Maddalena/Balser
. Aug 28 Install of Penn Array GBT Chestnut
. Aug 28 Remove C-band GBT Chestnut
Tue Aug 29 Start Scheduling Semester 06C . Bignell
Mon Sep 4 NRAO Holiday - Labor Day . .
Tue Sep 5 Begin (1 1/2) one and a half maintenance days per week GBT Anderson
Thu Sep 7- 9 New GBT Instrumentation: Scientific and Technical Workshop Science Center Lockman
Fri Sep 15- 16 Rural Systemic Initiative, Ed Evans Science Center Heatherly
Thu Sep 21- 24 The Lew Snyder Lectures J. L. Aud. .
Sat Oct 7 Boy Scout Troop #225, Janine Lemasters 40-Ft. Telescope .
Fri Oct 13- 14 Boy Scout Troop 22 40-Ft. Telescope Heatherly
Fri Oct 20 FSC, Debra Burgess 40-Ft. Telescope Heatherly
. Oct 20 2006 Jansky Lecture, Frank J. Low Sci. Cntr. Aud. Prestage
Fri Nov 10 NRAO Holiday - Veteran's Day (observed) . .
Mon Nov 20 Agree dates and proposals for dynamic scheduling trial period . Maddalena
Thu Nov 23 NRAO Holiday - Thanksgiving . .
Fri Nov 24 NRAO Holiday - Day after Thanksgiving . .
Tue Dec 5 Proposal Selection Committee Meets Rm. 137 Bignell
Mon Dec 11 Hardware timelines impacting astronomy scheduling complete . O'Neil
Mon Dec 25 NRAO Holiday - Christmas Day . .
Tue Dec 26 NRAO Holiday - Christmas (floating 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, Sci. Ctr. - Science Center [Meeting regularly scheduled for 11:45 am in Rm. 137]
Targets for 2007
DowDateDescriptionLocationPerson
Fri Jan 5 Text for 07B call for proposals ready . Maddalena/Bignell
. Jan 5 Start scheduling of 07B trimester . Bignell
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, Sci. Ctr. - Science Center [Meeting regularly scheduled for 11:45 am in Rm. 137]
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Open Positions
Division, PositionLocBudgetReq #PostingStartNameStatus
Electronics, Technician GB GB GB-2316 . . . .
Electronics, Technician GB GB GB-2332 08/11/06 . . .
Facilities Engineer GB GB 2324 05/04/06 . . .
Sci. Srvs. Research Asso. GB GB GB-2305 11/01/05 09/01/06 D. J. Pisano .
Scientific Associate II GB GB 2325 05/11/06 . . .
Software - Engineer GB GB GB-2306 10/13/05 . . F
() - Target date; Status: A-Awating approval, Pt-Part time, Tr-Transfer, Te-Temporary, F-Temporarily frozen, I-Interviewing
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GBT Receivers
Receiver (GHz)BandLocationPolarization# BeamsTrec(k)Tsys(k)InstalledAvailable
.290 - .395 340 Prime F. Linear/Circular 1 14 70 . .
.385 - .520 450 Prime F. Linear/Circular 1 . 57 . .
.510 - .690 600 Prime F. Linear/Circular 1 . 48 . .
.680 - .920 800 Prime F. Linear/Circular 1 . 24.5 . .
.910 - 1.23 PF2 Prime F. Linear/Circular 1 . 21.9 Storage A(9/18/06)
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 . .
8.00 - 10.1 X Greg. Circular 1 13 21 - 27 . .
12.00 - 15.4 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 . .
26.00 - 40.00 Ka Greg. Circular 2 20 35 Repair .
40.00 - 52.00 Q Greg. Circular 2 30 35 - 160 Repair .
68.00 - 92.00 W Greg. Linear 2 70 . Dev E(01/01/07)
90.00 - 115.00 W Greg. . . . . Hold .
Holography . Greg . . . . Storage .
80.0 - 100.0 Penn Bol Greg . . 0.5 mJy/sqrt(t) . Dev .
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 => astronomy available date; E => Engineering available date; N => needed date * => requires at least three weeks to install on telescope from storage .
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