Interference Protection Group meeting 01/22/02 Proposed Agenda Minutes of 12/18/01 and 1/7/02 meetings Comments, thoughts, and criticisms of general outline of the IPS's objectives and scope Status of actions on local sources of interference: Feed arm servo (Rich, Randy) Lasers (Randy, others) Main GBT drives New additions to list Short-term strategy for response to interference reports: Reporting point Call-out procedures and assignments Resources and technical strategies Review of other action items: Use of the GBT warehouse by Operations. (John) Site-wide interference suppression policy status (John) RFI considerations for new Education Center (John, Frank) 300-1000 MHz spectrum RFI status Lab RFI suppression efforts Measurements of PC/Workstation in a shielded box Turntable for anechoic chamber Interference at 1612.17 MHz Initiatives to assemble requirements and specifications in the following areas: Measurements and monitoring concerned with NRQZ RFI environment database compilations RFI identification and monitoring capabilities of the Observatory (long term strategy) Procedures and techniques for designing or modifying new equipment to comply with the IPG's radiation standards GBT RFI 'harmful levels' document and measurement procedures Next meeting time/date