Second Summer School in Spectrum Management for
Radio Astronomy
Castel San Pietro, Italy
6-10 June, 2005
Sponsored by RadioNet and IUCAF
- Programme -
Monday, 6 June 2005
08:00 09:00 Registration
09:00 Introduction
Welcome:
INAF
Tofani (INAF) 10
IUCAF
.
. van Driel (IUCAF)
10
RadioNet Ambrosini (CRAF) 10
Spectrum
management: a view from the Italian administration
Troisi
(Ministero I) 30
Spectrum management: a view from the European Commission . Sorsaniemi (EC) 30
10:30-11:00 Break
The Basics of Radio
. Ponsonby 90
12:30-13:30 Lunch
The Basics of Radio - continued
Ponsonby 60
Units & stuff: understanding each others lingo . . Clegg (NSF) 30
15:00-15:30 Break
Propagation models Emerson (NRAO) 30
Front-end receivers
Bolli, Monari (INAF) 30
Digital backends Tuccari (INAF) 45
Analogue filters . Ponsonby 20
18:00 Town hall: welcome with cocktail
offered by the Castel San Pietro Major
Tuesday, 7 June 2005
Interference to radio astronomy
Interference to telescopes .. ... Cohen (Jodrell Bank) 30
Monitoring the evolution of the RFI environment Lewis (Arecibo) 30
Local solutions to local problems .. Ambrosini (INAF) 30
10:30-11:00 Break
National
and regional regulatory structures
Europe
. Spoelstra (CRAF) 30
Asia-Pacific Region . Tzioumis (CSIRO) 30
12:30-13:30 Lunch
ITU-R Recommendations Thompson (NRAO) 90
15:00-15:30 Break
ITU-R Recommendations - continued 90
Wednesday, 8 June 2005
The ITU Structure Ohishi (NAOJ) 50
WRCs and preparatory mechanisms
Gergely (NSF) 40
10:30-11:00 Break
ITU
Notification mechanism in practice
Gergely (NSF) 30
IUCAF
van
Driel (IUCAF) 20
Satellite coordination.
Cohen (Jodrell Bank) 30
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30 Excursion
Transportation by bus to the
Medicina radio astronomy station, with a technical presentation. Afterwards,
visit to the wine exhibits in Dozza Imolese and social dinner there.
Return by bus to Hotel Terme
Thursday, 9 June 2005
09:00 Case studies in satellite coordination - continued
IRIDIUM
Gergely (NSF) 15
Spoelstra (CRAF) 15
GLONASS . Cohen (Jodrell Bank) 30
CLOUDSAT Liszt (NRAO) 30
10:30-11:00 Break
Other science services and expanding the
spectrum frontier
Space
Frequency Coordination Group
Marelli (ESA) 20
EESS passive Meens (CNES) 35
EESS active Meens (CNES) 35
12:00-13:30 Lunch
Meteorology
Meens (CNES) 30
Remote sensing of the middle
atmosphere
De la Noe (Bordeaux) 20
Regulation of high frequencies (sub-mm to optical) Ohishi (NAOJ) 30
15:00-15:30 Break
Regulatory implications of new interfering
technologies
Ultra-wideband + vehicular Short Range Radar Spoelstra (CRAF) 30
Power Line Communications Ohishi (NAOJ) 30
Software-defined Radio Liszt (NRAO) 15
Friday, 10 June 2005
09:00 New
telescopes and interference mitigation
Integrating RFI mitigation into next-generation telescopes Baan (ASTRON) 45
The NRAO and ALMA Radio Quiet Zones Liszt (NRAO) 30
10:15-10:45 Break
Towards an SKA Radio Quiet Zone Baan (ASTRON) 30
Concluding remarks
The future of regulation of radio astronomy Gergely (NSF) 30
12:00-13:00 Lunch
How can the regulatory structure be improved? Open discussion 60
13:30 Excursion
A bus will bring all interested
participants:
first to
Marconi's villa Griffone (where he made the first ever telecommunication
experiment) for a visit to its museum, and then to
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1) the BLQ airport (arrival there by 16:30)
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2) in downtown Bologna (around 17:30)
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3) back in Castel San
Pietro (around 18:30)
Last modified: May
27, 2005