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Philip Diamond

RadioNet Coordinator

University of Manchester Jodrell Bank Observatory

Implementation Plan for next 18 monthsMTR: 12 April 2007 Grenoble

18 month plan

• Plan covers the period 1 Jan 2007 – 30 June 2008, i.e. leaves only 6 months of RadioNet remaining

• As always, 18 month plan is an ‘amendment to the contract’, it defines the planned scope of work - see Annexe D of AR3 for details.

• Althea will deal with financial issues. Critical because we are now looking at the ‘end game’

• A major effort over next 9 months will focus on the planning for the FP7 RadioNet proposal

Networking• N1: Management – same focus and level of effort as previously• N2: Synergy – technical exchanges (Latvian VIRAC staff to Torun & Noto;

OAN staff to ASTRON). Implement new RadioNet portal, discuss possible developments of NorthStar

• N3: Science Workshops – major programme: LOFAR science (in 2 weeks); 2nd ERIS (Bonn, Sept); Massive star formation (Heidelberg, Sept); YERAC (Bordeaux, Autumn); Modern Radio Universe (Manchester, Oct); CSS/GPS (Riccione, Spring 08); 9th EVN Symp (Bologna); 6th IRAM Interf. School; Central kpc of AGN (Mykonos).

• N4: Workshops on digital receivers, digital backends, antennas + EVN-TOG

• N6: ALMA Community Day (Garching); ALMA and surveys (Italy); ALMA software demo and tutorial; mm calibration techniques

• N7: JBO 7-m telescope more accessible for internet users; SKA ISSC meetings; discussions of future of radio astronomy with ESO/ESO Council

• N8: busy programme of ITU, CRAF and CEPT meetings

JRAs• ALBUS:

– Provide software and final report on calibration transfer – March 2007– Report on ionospheric calibration options – June 2007– Implementation of tropospheric calibration software – October 2007– Post-correlator target selection – October 2008 (stretch target)– Implementation of wideband imaging – July 2008– Evaluation of wide-field imaging algorithm – November 2008– ParselTongue – January 2008– ALBUS complete Oct 08, no extra

funding• AMSTAR

– Wide IF-band mixer (80-116 GHz) – stretch goal 8% - December 2007– Wide IF-band mixer (385-500 GHz) – December 2007– Wide IF-band mixer (600-720/800-950 GHz) – June 2007– 2SB SIS Mixer (350 GHz) – work delayed, complete July 2007– 2SB SIS Mixer (600-720 GHz) – September 2007– HEB on Si3N4/SiO2 membranes – March 2007– Balanced 1.3 GHz HEB mixer – December 2007– Focal Plane Heterodyne Array Receiver – June 2007 – AMSTAR complete Dec 07, some extra

funding requested

JRAs

• PHAROS– Full functional test of PHAROS cryostat – May 2007

– Assemble beamformer – October 2007

– Control software complete – September 2007

– Tests in ASTRON measurement chamber – Jan 2008

– Tests on Lovell and maybe Parkes – July 2008

– Test advanced technology MMICs – June 2007

– PHAROS complete Jul 2008, no extra funds

TNAs– TNAs continue at current rate, push for more publications.