Network Station Response Form Joint CSTG/IERS Call for Participation International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry Network Station name: Key Stone Project Kashima 11m antenna station (KASHIM11) Parent/Funding organization: Communications Research Laboratory Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Japan Name and title of onsite technical contact: Yasuhiro Koyama, Senior Research Scientist, Radio Astronomy Applications Section, Kashima Space Research Center Name and title of administrative contact: Ken'ichi Okamoto, Director of Standards and Measurements Division Station mailing address: Kashima Space Research Center, 893-1 Hirai, Kashima, Ibaraki 314-0012, JAPAN Onsite phone: +81-299-847143 Onsite fax: +81-299-847159 Onsite e-mail address: koyama@crl.go.jp Web access onsite? Yes X No __ Internet access onsite? Yes X No__ Internet connection type or bit rate: 128kbps Check the collocated space geodetic techniques at your site: SLR X GPS X DORIS___PRARE___GLONASS___Gravimeter___ Other (specify): Indicate the observing networks and programs in which your station regularly participates: NEOS__ EUROPE__ CORE-A__ CORE-B__ RDV__ IRIS-S__ Other (list): KSP (Key Stone Project) 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__ Mark IV__ VLBA4__ K4 X (Type 2) S2__ LBA__ Other (list): Recorder: Mark IIIA__ VLBA__ Mark IV__ S2__ P&G(VLBA)__ VLBA4__ K4 X (Type 2) Other (list): FS Version: PC model: Other control software/computer (specify): KSP FS / NEC EWS4800 H-maser model: Anritsu RH401A Other frequency standards: GPS timing receiver: TRAK model 8810 X/S receiver RF bandwidths: X 7700-8600MHz S 2100-2500MHz Number of full-time-equivalent personnel assigned to station functions: 1 Describe any hardware/software/equipment upgrades that are planned for your station. Attach a list of personnel (names and titles) whom you designate as IVS Associate Members through their affiliation with your station. Tetsuro Kondo Chief Research Scientist, Kashima Space Research Center Ryuichi Ichikawa Senior Research Scientist, Radio Astronomy Applications Section, Kashima Space Research Center 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. 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: Yoji Furuhama Title: Director General, Communications Research Laboratory Signature: _________________________________________ Date: _________________