MMA Imaging and Calibration Group

Agenda for meeting Mon, 17 May 1999 at 4pm EDT, or other time to be arranged.

Date: 17 May 1999

Time: 4:00 pm EDT (2:00 pm Socorro, 1:00 pm Tucson) or other time.

Phone: (804)296-7082 (CV SoundStation Premier Conference phone).

Past minutes, etc on MMA Imaging and Calibration Division Page

Agenda

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MAC Meeting -- Wootten

There will be discussion of the MOC meeting, the WVR review, and the standing list. Harris will give a report on his WVR activities.

The WVR review will take place after the meeting on Monday, 7 June 1999. Dave Woody, Jack Welch and Dick Plambeck can attend then. Jack sent his review of the subject, which I have placed here. I am still lining up other folks to come. I presume that all of us will be able to come.

Douglas Bock sent a draft memo on the state of the amplitude measurements. It is rough, so I won't put it here as he didn't want it public. However, the results appear encouraging to me.

I'm sorry to report that John Lugten will be leaving the MMA project to work on the 1HT project. I missed talking with him about this before his current trip.

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MMA Brochure -- Wootten

Front and back covers of the new brochure. Inside covers of the new brochure.

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ALMA Conception -- Wootten

The folks at ESO have made this conceptual image of the array for the 10 June press conference announcing the signing of the MOU.
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Action Items 17May99

UPCOMING REVIEW: On 7 June 1999 we review results from the OVRO and BIMA phase correction systems.

DECISION: Congfigurations--where are we? DECISION: 183 GHz or 22 GHz phase correction?

DECISION: Is a nutating secondary necessary?

DECISION: What is the effect of 1/f noise in the HEMT amplifiers of SIS receivers upon our ability to combine total power and interferometric images into a faithful representation of the sky?

MEETINGS: IF PDR 17 May, Butler attending

MEETINGS: Antenna meeting 18 May, Butler attending

MEETINGS: MOC meeting 12-13 May 1999, Tucson, Radford attending.

MEETINGS: MAC meeting 19 May 1999 at noon.

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Travel

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T. Helfer: 14 May - 3 Jun

A. Wootten: 28 May - 3 Jun AAS 5-9 Jun I99 9 - 18 Jun CSO 19 - 30 Jun Japan.

J. Mangum:

M. Yun:

B. Butler:

S. Radford: