Network Station Response Form
             Joint CSTG/IERS Call for Participation
     International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry
                                
Network Station name: 

Algonquin Radio Observatory

Parent/Funding organization: 

Geodetic Survey Division, Natural Resources Canada

Name and title of onsite technical contact:

*Note that there are no permanent onsite personnel. 

Mario Berube
Team Leader, VLBI Operations

Name and title of administrative contact:

Mario Berube
Team Leader, VLBI Operations

Station mailing address:

Mario Berube
Geodetic Survey Division
Natural Resources Canada
615 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1A 0E9
Onsite phone:  (613) 584-9168
Onsite fax:    (613) 584-9168
Onsite e-mail address: berube@geod.nrcan.gc.ca
Web access onsite? No Internet access onsite? Yes

Check the collocated space geodetic techniques at your site:
SLR  X
GPS  X
DORIS___
PRARE___
GLONASS___
Gravimeter  X 
Other (specify):

The GSD maintains a permanent GPS monitoring station at
Algonquin, which is used by all IGS Analysis Centers as a
fiducial reference. Satellite laser ranging and absolute gravity
observations are also available for the site, which is located on
the stable pre-Cambrian Canadian Shield. Local site stability has
been monitored regularly using a high-precision network. 
Installation of a GLONASS receiver at Algonquin is expected to be
completed in 1998.

Indicate the observing networks and programs in which your
station regularly participates:
NEOS_X__ EUROPE___ CORE-A_X__ CORE-B_X__ RDV___ IRIS-S___ Other
(list): NAPS, NAVEX, MARS

Percentage of time your station is used for geodesy/astrometry: 100%
List other observing time allocations and percentages of each:

Indicate the configuration(s) you use for data acquisition (check
all that apply): 
Rack: Mark IIIA_X_ VLBA__ VLBA-G__ Mark IV__ VLBA4__ K4__ S2__
LBA__ Other (list):
Recorder: Mark IIIA_X_ VLBA__ Mark IV__ S2_X_ P&G(VLBA)__ VLBA4__ 
K4 (specify type)__  Other (list):
FS Version: 9.3.7        
PC model: P100 
Other control software/computer (specify):
H-maser model: NR maser            
Other frequency standards:
GPS timing receiver model: Turbo Rogue            
X/S receiver RF bandwidths: 2210-2450 MHz S-band, 8180-8980 MHz X-band

Number of full-time-equivalent personnel assigned to station
functions: 4

Describe any hardware/software/equipment upgrades that are
planned for your station.

Azimuth and elevation encoder upgrade.
An S2 Data Acquisition System (DAS) will be installed in 1999. 

Attach a list of personnel (names and titles) whom you designate
as IVS Associate Members through their affiliation with your
station.

Norman Beck, Chief - Active Control Systems
Mario Berube, Team Leader - VLBI Operations
Sylvain Brazeau, VLBI Operations
Mike Daniels, VLBI Operations
Stephen Farley, VLBI Operations
Jacques LaFrance, VLBI Operations
Josef Popelar, Emeritus Scientist

Please provide any other information that you feel will be
helpful in demonstrating your station's capabilities to
participate in the IVS. If you proposed to the IERS in 1995/6 as
a radio telescope observatory and wish to have that proposal
carry over to the IVS, please make such a statement in this
proposal. 

The ARO was used in the first successful VLBI experiment in 1967
and participated since 1984 in the NASA's CDP and DOSE programs.
A long term loan of a Mark III terminal from NASA in 1989 makes
it possible to participate regularly in VLBI observations in
support of the maintenance of the celestial and terrestrial
reference frames in the NEOS, CORE, MARS and NAPS series. 
General specifications for the 46m Algonquin antenna are attached
in Appendix A. 

The ARO was included in the proposal to the IERS and we wish this
to carry over to the IVS. 

Your signature on this form indicates your agreement to
participate in the IVS as a Network Station, to comply with IVS
performance standards for data quality and operational
reliability, and to work closely with the IVS Network and
Technology Coordinators. If this is a new proposal (i.e. not
carried over from IERS) your signature commits your organization
to participate in the IVS.
                              
Name of person signing:  Norman Beck               
Title: Chief, Active Control Systems


Signature: _________________________________________   Date: _________________