Network Station Response Form
           Joint CSTG/IERS Call for Participation
   International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry
                              
Network Station name: Onsala Space Observatory
  
Parent/Funding organization: Chalmers University of Technology
  
Name and title of onsite technical contact: Gunnar Elgered, Prof.
  
Name and title of administrative contact: Roy Booth, Prof.
  and Head of Department
  
Station mailing address: Onsala Space Observatory,  SE-439 92  Onsala, Sweden
 
Onsite phone: +46 31 772 5500    Onsite fax: +46 31 772 5590 
                                
Onsite e-mail address: geo@oso.chalmers.se
  
Web access onsite? Yes_X _ No__  Internet access onsite? Yes _X_ No__   
Internet connection type or bit rate: 1 Mbit/s
  
  Check the collocated space geodetic techniques at your site:
  SLR___GPS_X_DORIS___PRARE___GLONASS_X_Gravimeter___ 
  Other (specify):    
  1.  Water Vapor Radiometer (WVR) 
      2.  Foundation for gravimeter measurements has been
  used by visiting instruments. An application for funds in
  order to acquire an absolute gravimeter has been submitted
  to a national funding agency.
  
  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 _5 %_
  List other observing time allocations and percentages of each:   
        mm-wave single dish astronomy 80 %
        Astronomy VLBI 15 %
  
  Note that we proposed  to replace observations in CORE-B and
  RDV networks with approximately bi-weekly observations in the 
  CORE-A network when the new S/X-feed is operational.
  
  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: 9.3.23            PC model: NASA TAG 1 System  
  Other control software/computer (specify): HP730 work
                                station for antenna control
  H-maser model: EFOS 7       Other frequency standards: 
  Kvarz CH1-75 (sold by Quartzlock, UK)
  GPS timing receiver model: Totally Accurate Clock (TAC)    
  X/S receiver RF bandwidths:  8.2 -- 9.0 GHz and  2.2 -- 2.4
                                GHz, respectively
  
  Number of full-time-equivalent personnel assigned to station
  functions: 10
  
  Describe any hardware/software/equipment upgrades that are
  planned for your station.
      New S/X  feed system
      A second WVR
  
  Attach a list of personnel (names and titles) whom you
  designate as IVS Associate Members through their affiliation
  with your station.
          
      R�diger Haas, Scientist    Lars E.B. Johansson,
      Scientist   Roger Hammargren,  Technician Per Bergman,
      Scientist   Bi�rn Nilsson,  Engineer       Fredrik
      Corneliusson, Technician 
      Borys Stoew, M Sc       Lubomir Gradinarsky, M Sc  
      Karl-�ke Johansson,  Engineer
  
  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 carry over the proposal  for a radio telescope
  observatory sent to the IERS.
  
  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:  Roy S.  Booth         
  Title: Prof.  and Head of Department
  
Signature: ___________________________________ Date:   14 September 1998