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

Network Station name: Gilmore Creek Geophysical Observatory

Parent/Funding organization: NEOS, a joint effort of the U.S. Naval 
          Observatory and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for VLBI

Name and title of onsite technical contact: 
         Rich Strand, VLBI OPS Leader E Shift
         Steve Caskey, VLBI OPS Leader F shift

Name and title of administrative contact: 
            W. T. Wildes, GSFC VLBI Network Manager

Station mailing address: GCGO/VLBI, 1300 Eisele Road, Fairbanks, AK 99712

Onsite phone: +1-907-452-9146                    Onsite fax: +1-907-451-1288  
Onsite e-mail address: steese@icefog.gcgo.nasa.gov

Web access onsite? Yes_x_ No__  Internet access onsite?
Yes_x_No__   Internet connection type or bit rate: 56k

Check the collocated space geodetic techniques at your site:
SLR___GPS_x__DORIS_x__PRARE___ GLONASS___Gravimeter___ Other (specify):

Indicate the observing networks and programs in which your
station regularly participates:
NEOS_x__ EUROPE___ CORE-A_x__ CORE-B_x__ RDV_x__ IRIS-S_x__ Other (list):

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__ VLBA__ VLBA-G_x_ Mark IV__ VLBA4__ K4__ S2__
LBA__ Other (list):
Recorder: Mark IIIA__ VLBA_x_ Mark IV__ S2__ P&G(VLBA)__ VLBA4__ 
K4 (specify type)__  Other (list):
FS Version: 9.3.23  PC model: SWT P233  Other control software/computer
H-maser model: NR-5      Other frequency standards: Rubidium
GPS timing receiver model:  TAC        
X/S receiver RF bandwidths: 2210-2450 MHz, 8180-8980 MHz

Number of full-time-equivalent personnel assigned to station functions: 2

Describe any hardware/software/equipment upgrades that are
planned for your station. 
Upgrade to VLBA4 is planned for ~2001.
K4 to be installed by CRL.
New electric drive telescope possible.

Attach a list of personnel (names and titles) whom you designate
as IVS Associate Members through their affiliation with your
station.
     William T. Wildes, GSFC VLBI Network Manager, wtw@wildbill.gsfc.nasa.gov
     Rich Strand, VLBI OPS Leader E Shift, steese@icefog.gcgo.nasa.gov
     Steve Caskey, VLBI OPS Leader F shift, steese@icefog.gcgo.nasa.gov
     Ed Himwich, Scientist, NVI, Inc./GSFC, weh@vega.gsfc.nasa.gov

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. 

     We wish to have the IERS proposal for Gilmore Creek as a
Network Station carry over to 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:  John M. Bosworth         
Title: Associate Chief, Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics

Signature: _________________________________________   Date: _________