Green Bank Coordination Meeting Summary

for Friday, Feb 8, 2008

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Targets for 2008
DowDateDescriptionLocationPerson
Fri Feb 1 Mountain Ridge High School, Melissa Blank 40-Ft. Heatherly
Fri Feb 8- 9 Western Albemarle High School, Geary Albright 40-Ft. Heatherly
Fri Feb 15- 16 Boy Scout Troup 111, Keith Knight 40-Ft. Heatherly
. Feb 15 NRAOERA Pizza and Game Night Cafeteria NRAOERA
. Feb 15- 16 Boy Scout Roop 2215, Bruce Jackabon 40-Ft. Heatherly
Mon Feb 18 President's Day Holiday . .
Thu Feb 21- 23 Providence Day School, Joseph Mahler 40-Ft. Heatherly
Tue Feb 26- 27 KBand Focal Point Array Meeting, Steve White J. L. Aud. White
Thu Feb 28-Mar 1 West Stanly High School, Steve Teeter 40-Ft. Heatherly
Fri Feb 29 Quarterly Summaries are due . O'Neil
Wed Mar 5 South Charleston High School, Janet Richardson 40-Ft. Heatherly
Fri Mar 7 All Effort Requests are due . O'Neil
Sat Mar 8 Girl Scout Troop, Pamela Wolford 40-Ft. Heatherly
Wed Mar 12 Visiting Committee GB Site Visit . Prestage
Fri Mar 14- 15 Linwood Holton Governor's School, Steve Rapp 40-Ft. Heatherly
Tue Mar 18 Quarterly Planning Meeting (10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.) Rm 137 O'Neil
Thu Mar 20 Lynchburg College, Neal Sumerlin 40-Ft. Heatherly
Fri Mar 21 Spring Holiday . .
Tue Apr 1 Q3FY08 begins . O'Neil
Fri Apr 4- 5 Old Dominion University, Brian Wieland 40-Ft. Heatherly
. Apr 4 NASA Space Consortium Board Meeting J. L. Aud. Prestage
Sun Apr 6- 7 GW Community School, Caroline Cox 40-Ft. Heatherly
Tue Apr 8- 9 NRAO Visiting Committee Socorro .
Thu Apr 10- 11 NRAO Scientific Staff Retreat Socorro .
Mon Apr 21- 24 Wakefield School Site Tour Heatherly
Tue Apr 29 Washington & Lee University, Bruce Boller 40-Ft. Heatherly
Sun May 11- 17 Reinhardt College, David Moore 40-Ft. Heatherly
Thu May 15 Cross Lanes Christian School, Liz Lowery 40-Ft. Heatherly
Tue May 20- 21 NRAO Users Committee J. L. Aud. Prestage
Mon May 26 Memorial Day Holiday . .
Thu May 29- 31 Newburgh Free Academy, A. Passas 40-Ft. Heatherly
Fri May 30 Quarterly Summaries are due . O'Neil
Mon Jun 2 Start Summer GBT Maintenance Schedule GBT B. Anderson
. Jun 2- 4 Chautauqua J. L. Aud. Heatherly
. Jun 2 Rivesville Elementary/Middle School, Betsy Cross Site Tour Heatherly
Fri Jun 6 All Effort Requests are due . O'Neil
Thu Jun 12- 13 Gettysburg College, Dick Cooper 40-Ft. Heatherly
Tue Jun 17 Quarterly Planning Meeting Rm. 137 O'Neil
Wed Jun 18- 20 AUI Board Meeting, Miram Satin J. L. Aud. Prestage
Wed Jun 25- 27 COMETS Teachers . Heatherly
Sat Jun 28- 30 SARA, Charles Osborne Sci. Cntr. Heatherly
Tue Jul 1 Q4FY08 begins . O'Neil
Wed Jul 2- 6 Star Quest the Fifth, Steve Ahrens Sci. Cntr. Heatherly
Fri Jul 4 Independence Day Holiday . .
Sun Jul 6- 17 PSC Teacher Workshop Sci. Cntr. Heatherly
Mon Jul 21- 25 PSC Student Worshop Sci. Cntr. Heatherly
Fri Aug 1- 2 GSMS Teachers & Mentors training Sci. Cntr. Heatherly
Sun Aug 3- 16 GSMS Sci. Cntr. Heatherly
Fri Aug 29 Quarterly Summaries are due . O'Neil
. Aug 29 End Summer GBT Maintenance Schedule GBT B. Anderson
Mon Sep 1 Labor Day Holiday . .
Fri Sep 5 All Effort Requests are due . O'Neil
Tue Sep 16 Quarterly Planning Meeting (10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.) Rm. 137 O'Neil
Wed Oct 1 Q1FY09 begins . O'Neil
Tue Nov 11 Veteran's Day Holiday . .
Thu Nov 27 Thanksgiving Day Holiday . .
Fri Nov 28 Day after Thanksgiving Holiday . .
Thu Dec 25 Christmas Day Holiday . .
Fri Dec 26 Christmas 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
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Open Positions
Division, PositionLocBudgetReq #PostingStartNameStatus
Software, Software Engineer (PTCS) GB . PS3324 . 02/15/08 Melinda Mello .
Computing, Junior Systems Administrator GB GB GB3308 . . . Open
EPO, Post Doc GB GB GB3691 . . . Open
Mech. Eng., Tech. Spec. II GB GB GB2874 . . . Open
Plant Maint., Facilities Engineer I GB GB GB3771 . . . Open
Scientific, NRAO Post Doc GB GB GB3623 . . . Open
Software, Software Engineer GB GB GB3615 . 01/28/2008 Mark Whitehead Filled
() - 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 .
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 16 . .
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 . .
40.00 - 52.00 Q Greg. Circular 2 30 35 - 160 . .
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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