Network Station Response Form Joint CSTG/IERS Call for Participation International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry Network Station name: MEDICINA (Italy) Parent/Funding organization: Istituto di Radiostronomia C.N.R Via Gobetti 101 40129 BOLOGNA ITALY Name and title of onsite technical contact: Giuseppe Maccaferri Name and title of administrative contact: dr. Lucia Padrielli, Director Station mailing address: beppe@ira.bo.cnr.it Onsite phone: Onsite fax: Onsite e-mail address: +39 051 6965811 +39 051 6965810 beppe@ira.bo.cnr.it Web access onsite? Yes Internet access onsite? Yes http://medvlbi.bo.cnr.it Internet connection type or bit rate: 64 Kb Check the collocated space geodetic techniques at your site: SLR___GPS_X_DORIS___PRARE___GLONASS___Gravimeter_X_ Other (specify): mobile SLR (short occupation) Indicate the observing networks and programs in which your station regularly participates: NEOS___ EUROPE_X_ CORE-A___ CORE-B_X_ RDV_X _ IRIS-S___ Other (list): Percentage of time your station is used for geodesy/astrometry 10 % List other observing time allocations and percentages of each: 60 % astronomical VLBI; 30 % other astronomical observations. We have planned to encreese the geodesy/astyrometry percentage up to 20 % for CORE program. Indicate the configuration(s) you use for data acquisition (check all that apply): Rack: Mark IIIA__ VLBA__ VLBA-G__ Mark IV X VLBA4__ K4__ S2__ LBA__ Other (list): Recorder: Mark IIIA__ VLBA__ Mark IV X S2__ P&G(VLBA)__ VLBA4__ K4 (specify type)__ Other (list): FS Version: 9.3.17 PC model: 486 50Hz DX2 Other control software/computer (specify): H-maser model: Oscilloquarz EFOS4 Other frequency standards: Rubidium Rohde Schwarz XSRM 238.4011.02 GPS timing receiver model: TAC X/S receiver RF bandwidths: 800 MHz Number of full-time-equivalent personnel assigned to station functions: 5 (five) Describe any hardware/software/equipment upgrades that are planned for your station. New series of receivers; new Vertex room design Attach a list of personnel (name, title, and e-mail address) whom you designate as IVS Associate Members through their affiliation with your station. Giuseppe Maccaferri beppe@ira.bo.cnr.it Franco Mantovani dr. fmantovani@astbo1.bo.cnr.it Sandro Orfei ing. orfei@astbo1.bo.cnr.it Maria Rioja dr. rioja@ira.bo.cnr.it Paolo Tomasi dr. tomasi@ira.bo.cnr.it Tiziana Venturi dr. venturi@astbo1.bo.cnr.it 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 Medicina station started to operate in geodetic VLBI in March 1987. >From that on, even if the station was built with the main interest in radioastronomy the antenna took part in many geodetic experiments with high quality data products. The software and the hardware is updated regularly to maintain this high performance. The S/X receiver (in prime focus) has the X band enlarged up to 800 MHz, the MARKIV upgrade is completed, and during the summer 1996, the subreflector has been modified and upgraded. It is now possible to automatically remove it in few minutes, and it is now possible to move from secondary to prime focus (as we need for geodetic observations) in less than 3 minutes. This facility makes it so safe and fast to change frequencies that we are prepared to have one geodetic observation per week, outside European Astronomical VLBI sessions. 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: Title: Dr. Lucia Padrielli Director Signature: _________________________________________ Date: _________________