MMA Imaging and Calibration Group

Agenda for meeting Mon, 21 June 1999 at 4pm EDT.

Date: 10 May 1999

Time: 4:00 pm EDT (2:00 pm Socorro, 1:00 pm Tucson)

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

Past minutes, etc on MMA Imaging and Calibration Division Page

Minutes

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Configurations - Yun

See my notes emailed separately.

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WVR - Radford

See my notes emailed separately. Please keep notes and let me know what you might wish to add/dispute.

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Audit

I filled out Richard's spreadsheets and placed them at my ftp site. Invasive Audit: The spreadsheets are available here in Quattro Pro for DOS format. The name is similar to what I just put but may not be exactly the same. Let me know if there is discussion of these.

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WWW Site -- Weatherall

Kate has put up an interesting public outreach page based upon the brochure. I don't have the address handy but she may wish to distribute it for comments.

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MAC Meeting

This coming Weds at the usual time. Al needs to dream up an agenda I guess.

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Total Power Mapping --'Holdaway Holdover' Memo - Butler

  • We will discuss Holdaway's Protomemo (postscript) on total power mapping at the MAC meeting next week. Bryan will discuss progress unless the stork intervenes.

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    Action Items 10May99

    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: MAC meeting 23 June 1999 at noon. ------

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    Travel

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    T. Helfer:

    A. Wootten: 19 - 2 Jul Japan; 14-25 July Vacation, 13-19 Aug URSI.

    J. Mangum:

    M. Yun:

    B. Butler:

    S. Radford: