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

Network Station Name	Mount Pleasant Radio Astronomy Observatory

Parent/Funding organization	University of Tasmania

Name of Administrative Contact	Professor P M McCulloch

Name of Onsite Technical Contact	Mr Brett Reid

Local Mailing Address for Station
	Brett Reid
	School of Mathematics and Physics
	University of Tasmania
	GPO Box 252-21
	Hobart 7001
	Tasmania

Onsite Phone +61 3 6248 5285   Onsite Fax  +61 3 6248 5285  
Onsite e-mail address  Brett.Reid@utas.edu.au       
Web access onsite? _x_Yes ___No              
Internet access onsite? _x_Yes___No

Please check collocated space geodetic techniques at your site:
SLR___GPS_x_DORIS___PRARE___GLONASS___Gravimeter___ Other___________

Mark the observing networks and programs in which your station regularly 
participates
NEOS___ EUROPE___ CORE-A___ CORE-B___ RDV___ IRIS-S___ 
Other (specify)________________________________________________________

Percentage of time your station is dedicated to geodesy/astrometry _15__
Percentage of time for other observing time allocations (please list) ____

Indicate the hardware and software configuration you use for data acquisition: 
Rack: Mark IIIA__x VLBA___ VLBA-G___ Mark IV___ VLBA4___ K4___
Recorder: Mark IIIA_x_ VLBA___ Mark IV___ S2_x_ P&G___ VLBA4___ K4___
FS Version _9.4.17_ H-maser type__NASA NR-11_

What hardware/software/equipment upgrades are planned?
	Currently negotiating to upgrade to MK V recorder and MK IV data 
acquisition system

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, and wish to have that proposal carry over to
the IVS, please make such a statement.

The University of Tasmania has been involved in geodetic VLBI since 1989.  We 
are also part of the Australian VLBI network with our antenna in Hobart and 
Ceduna in South Australia.  We are involved in an astrometric program in 
conjuntion with the ATNF and the USNO and in Antarctic geodesy with NIPR.



This form should be signed by an official committing the organization to
participate in the IVS as a Network Station, and agreeing to comply with IVS
performance standards for data quality and operational reliability and to work
closely with the IVS Network Coordinator.


Professor P M McCulloch
Director, Mt Pleasant and Ceduna Observatories