===== TOG - Agenda, June 26, 2019 ===== Transport from the hotel to the meeting place 8:30 (15 min), meeting start 9:00. - **Local Arrangements/Opening Remarks (Bach, Alastair)** - **Welcome by Phil Diamond and Simon Garrington** - **Approval & last minute additions to Agenda (all)** - **Acceptance of minutes from last meeting (all;[[https://radiowiki.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=na:sustainability:tog:2018_10:tog_2018_2_minutes.pdf|Minutes from Granada meeting]])** - **Review of Action Items from last meeting (all; see [[https://deki.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/Working_Groups/EVN_TOG/Current_Action_Items| Action Items from last meeting ]])** - **Review of Permanent Action Items (all; see [[https://deki.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/Working_Groups/EVN_TOG/Permanent_Action_Items| Permanent Action Items]])** - **Reliability/Performance of the EVN ** * Reliability/Performance of the EVN. (Benito) * NME results (Benito) * Feedback from last sessions. (Benito) * Amplitude calibration. (Benito) - **Amplitude Calibration ** * Review of continuous cal at the stations (Bach) - **VLBI backends ** * DBBC2 and Fila10G news (Bach) * DBBC2 firmware: V107 (Bach & all) * Other VLBI backends: MDBE, OCTAD news - **Recorders: Mark 5, Mark6, Flexbuf ** * Recorder news/problems (all) * Flexbuff status and 2 Gbps (all) * RadioAstron disks at Bonn (Rottmann) * Disk inventory and purchase status (Bach, all) * Future media requirements, Flexbuff upgrades (Bach) - **Stations** * Any news? (All) * JBO updates (Cullen). * Activities at Mc, Nt, and Sr (Orlati, Surcis, Migoni). - **eVLBI** * Current status, new stations, 2 Gbps, ... * Correlator capabilities. - **JIVE ** * Technical Operations and R&D at JIVE, (Szomoru) - ** Technical Developments ** * Report on higher incremental recording rates up to 32 Gbps (Szomoru). * 32 Gbps the correlators view (Kettenis) * VOEvent demo (Kettenis) * pySCHED (Eldering) * DBBC3. Current status. Backwards compatibility and available firmware (Bach) * 2 Gbps at L-band (Bach) * Available IF bandwidth at all bands, receiver developments (Bach) * Auxiliary scripts & central repository? (Bach) - **Field System, status and new features ** * Status report, new developments (Horsely/Himwich) - **VLBA ** * VLBA status report (Brisken) * Globals and recording compatibility. Recorded Mark6 operations. - **Jumping JIVE ** * WP5. New stations. - **Long term future** * DBBC3 tests & future implementation at the FS * Review of potential developments in the next 2-3 years - **Date and place of the next TOG meeting ** * To be decided - **AOB ** Transport back to the hotel 18:00 followed by the meeting dinner at the hotel.