e-VLBI status table

Advertised frequencies and array configurations

Frequency band	e-VLBI array
1.6-1.4 GHz (18-21cm)	Ar, Cm, Ef, Jb, Mc, On85, Sh (1.6 GHz), Tr, Wb14
5 GHz (6cm)	Ar, Cm, Ef, Jb, Mc, On85, Sh, Tr, Ys, Wb14
6 GHz (5cm)	Ar, Cm, Ef, Jb, Mc, On85, Tr, Ys, Wb1
22 GHz (1.3cm)	Cm, Ef, Jb, Mc, Mh, On60, Sh, Ys

The expected aggregate bitrate is 1024 Mbps with the following limitations. Shanghai and Arecibo are limited to 512 Mbps, Arecibo is further limited to 256 Mbps outside UT range 4-10. Medicina and Yebes are limited to 896 Mbps; in the 1024 Mbps mode the highest subbands are dropped. The effective data rate to the MERLIN telescopes (except for Jb1/Jb2) is 128 Mbps due to analog bandwidth restrictions. Availability of MERLIN outstations and Jb2 will be limited in 2009/2010 due to the e-MERLIN upgrade.

Coming e-VLBI runs

27 January 2010, 13:00 UTC	21:27 GST	28 January 2010, 13:00 UTC	21:31 GST
10 February 2010, 13:00 UTC	22:22 GST	11 February 2010, 13:00 UTC	22:26 GST
30 March 2010, 13:00 UTC	1:31 GST	31 March 2010, 13:00 UTC	1:35 GST
22 April 2010, 13:00 UTC	3:02 GST	23 April 2010, 13:00 UTC	3:06 GST
18 May 2010, 13:00 UTC	4:44 GST	19 May 2010, 13:00 UTC	4:48 GST

The observing frequency in a session is decided based on proposal pressure

Arecibo is most useful for science observations in between 4:00-10:00 UTC (best connectivity)

Last modified: January 06, 2010
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