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

Network Station name:	Kashima 34m antenna station (KASHIM34)

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: 1.5Mbps

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): APT, APSG, occasional K-4 exp.

Percentage of time your station is used for geodesy/astrometry  50%
List other observing time allocations and percentages of each: Astronomical 
VLBI 25%, Single-dish obs. 25%

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 X VLBA X Mark IV__ S2__ P&G(VLBA)__ VLBA4__  K4 X (Type 2) 
          Other (list):
FS Version:  9.3.105    PC model: Pentium 200MHz 
Other control software/computer (specify):
H-maser model: Anritsu  RH401A     Other frequency standards:
GPS timing receiver model: AOA TTR-5A
X/S receiver RF bandwidths: X 7860-8680MHz  S 2150-2350MHz

Number of full-time-equivalent personnel assigned to station functions: 3

Describe any hardware/software/equipment upgrades that are planned for your 
station. Antenna control by FS

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

Noriyuki Kurihara   Section Chief of Radio Astronomy Applications Section, 
                    Kashima Space Research Center
Eiji Kawai          Technical Official, Radio Astronomy Applications Section, 
                    Kashima Space Research Center
Junichi Nakajima    Senior Research Scientist, Radio Astronomy Applications 
                    Section, Kashima Space Research Center
Tetsuro Kondo       Chief Research Scientist, Kashima Space Research Center
Yasuhiro Koyama     Senior Research Scientist, Radio Astronomy Applications 
                    Section, Kashima Space Research Center
Mamoru Sekido       Research Scientist, Radio Astronomy Applications Section, 
                    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: _________________