Network Station Configuration File International VLBI Service Refer to the instructions in the file ftp://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/config/instructions.txt for how to fill out and submit this form. 990624 nrv Form version 0.5 990702 nrv Form version 0.6 990713 nrv Form version 0.7 991020 nrv Form version 0.8 0. Form Prepared by (full name) : Wolfgang Schlueter Date prepared : 2001-jan-19 Report type : unknown 1. Site identification Site name : Wettzell Site 8-letter code : Wettzell Site 2-letter code(s) : Wz IERS DOMES number : 14201$004 CDP occupation code : 72247801 CDP monument number : 7224 Surveyed into national network? : yes IGS station code : WTZR ILRS station name : WLRS Additional information : no 2. Site information 2.1 Site location information City or Town : Koetzting State or Province : Bavaria Country : Germany Tectonic plate : Eurasia Approximate position X coordinate (m) : 4075539.895 Y coordinate (m) : 931735.269 Z coordinate (m) : 4801629.355 Latitude (deg) : 49.1450 N Longitude (deg) : 12.8772 E Elevation (m) : 661.224 Source of position : unknown Additional information : no 2.2 Site local survey network information Number of reference markers :unknown Type of marker : pillar + ground marker Frequency of surveying : annual Surveying method : directions, distances, levelling, GPS Survey instruments used : theodolite, Mekometer, digital levelling Accuracy : +/- 0.5 mm) Survey performed by : Mr. Zernecke, Dr. Lang Survey documentation : Mitteilung d. BKG, Band 12, Dr. H.Lang Most recent survey date : 2000-mmm-dd Results provided to IERS: no Results provided to CDDIS: no Person responsible : Mr. Zernecke Additional information : no 2.3 Site descriptive information Electronic file available at IVSCC: (Please upload these files to ftp://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/incoming and send e-mail to ivscc@ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov telling the names.) ns is for Network Stations (don't change) Xy is station 2-letter code sm, sd, hm, md, sp indicate the type of file (don't change) NN are numbers, 01 is the first such file, 02 the second, etc. .type is the file type, .ps for PostScript, .jpg for JPEG, etc. Site map : nsXysmNN.type Site diagram : nsXysmNN.type Horizon mask diagram : nsXysmNN.type Monument description : nsXysmNN.type Site photographs : nsXysmNN.type URLs for reference Site map : Site diagram : Horizon mask : Monument description : Site photographs : Additional information : no 3. Antenna information Diameter (m) : 20 Axis type : AZEL Axis offset (m) : 0.000 Slew rate first axis : 3.0 (deg/min) Slew rate second axis : 1.5 (deg/min) Limit stops first axis : 810, 270 (upper, lower deg) Limit stops second axis : 90, 0 (upper, lower deg) Horizon mask data : 0 4.5/25 4.5/26 3/35 3/36 4.5/90 4.5/ 91 3/120 3/121 4/160 4/161 3/200 3/ 201 4/230 4/231 1/310 1/311 4/330 4/ 331 5/350 5/351 4.5/360 4.5 Occupation dates : 1983-jul-20 to Now Additional information : no 4. Receiver information Feed location : Cassegrain focus Feed type : S+X feed, by Vertex X 1st-stage amplifier : cooled HEMT X bandwidth (MHz) : 720 X Tsys at zenith (K) : 50 X SEFD (Jy) : 750 X aperture efficiency : >50% X LO frequencies (MHz) : 8080 S 1st-stage amplifier : cooled HEMT S bandwidth (MHz) : 150 S Tsys at zenith (K) : 50 S SEFD (Jy) : 1115 S aperture efficiency : ~50% S LO frequencies (MHz) : 2020 Phase calibrator type : NASA/CDP with 5 MHz input and temperature controller Additional information : no 5. Cables between receiver and back end Length of cable run : 65 m X band cable type : RG214 X band freq. bandpass : 100...900 (MHz) S band cable type : RG214 S band freq. bandpass : 100...300 (MHz) LO ref signal cable type: RG214 LO ref signal freq. : 2020/8080 (MHz) Phase cal ref signal cable type: RG214 Phase cal ref signal freq. : 5 (MHz) Cable meas. system type : MarkIII cable cal; 500 MHz round trip measured with vector voltmeter Additional information : no 6. Data acquisition system information 6.1 Video converter set Type of converters : MarkIV Number of mixers : 14 Sidebands available : U&L, U, L Number of mixers with the following filters in all sideband outputs: 2 MHz : 14 4 MHz : 14 8 MHz : 14 16 MHz : 14 32 MHz : 0 Additional information : no 6.1 no additional video converter set 6.2 Formatter Formatter type : MarkIV Serial number or rack ID: 117 Additional information : no 6.2 no additional formatter 6.3 Decoder Decode type : MarkIV Additional information : no 6.3 no additional decoder 6.4 IF distribution IF distributor type : MarkIII/IV+IF3 Additional information : no 6.4 no additional IF distribution) 6.5 down converters X down converter freq.: 500.1 (MHz) down S up/down converter freq.: no Additional information : no 6.5 no additional converter 6.6 Other rack equipment : no Additional information : plan to buy K4 in 2001 6.6 no other types of rack equipment) 6.7 Recorders Recorder type : MarkIV Number of recorders : 1 Tape type : only thin Additional information : second recorder shall be upgraded in 2001 6.7 no additional recorder type 6.8 Data Acquisition System Configuration Types Supported 6.8.1 Configuration 1 : 6.1 MarkIV VCs : 6.2 MarkIV formatter : 6.3 MarkIV decoder : 6.4 MarkIV IF distribution : 6.5 IF3-X-band Down converter : 6.7 MarkIV recorder 6.8.2 Configuration 2 : Plans to buy a K4-DAT in 2001/2002 Experience with K4-DAT on loan 7 Meteorological instrumentation 7.1 Humidity sensor Manufacturer : Lambrecht (rh+T) Model : 809 Accuracy : +/- 2.5 (% rel h) Effective dates : 1987-mmm-dd to 2001-jan-dd Additional information : no 7.2 Pressure sensor Manufacturer : Paroscientific, Inc Model : 740-16B Accuracy : 0.1 (mbar) Effective dates : 1994-mmm-dd to 2001-jan-dd Height relative to VLBI : 14 (m), but already corrected Additional information : no 7.3 Temperature sensor Manufacturer : Lambrecht (rh+T) Model : 809 Accuracy : +/- 0.1 C Effective dates : 1987-mmm-dd to 2001-jan-dd) Additional information : no 8. Time and frequency standards 8.1 Standard type : 3 H-maser/Cesium/Rubidium/GPS timing rcvr Installed dates : (yyyy-mmm-dd to yyyy-mmm-dd) Manufacturer : Oscilloquartz/Switzerland Model number or ID : Additional information : (available from Dr. Schlueter) 8.x (available from Dr. Schlueter) 9. Auxilliary equipment information Type of equipment : WVR Installed dates : 1996-mmm-dd to 2001-jan-dd Manufacturer : CAPTEC and ETH Zuerich Model number or ID : Green Additional information : no Type of equipment : WVR Installed dates : 1997-mmm-dd to 2001-jan-dd Manufacturer : CAPTEC and ETH Zuerich Model number or ID : Yellow 10. Co-location information 10.1 Instrument type : VLBI Instrument name : TIGO Status : Permanent/Transportable Effective dates : 1997 - now Included in local survey: yes 10.2 Instrument type : SLR/LLR Instrument name : WLRS (8834) Status : Permanent Effective dates : 1988 - now Included in local survey: yes 10.3 Instrument type : SLR Instrument name : SLR (7834) Status : offline Effective dates : 1977-1991 Included in local survey: yes 10.4 Instrument type : SLR Instrument name : MTLRS-1 Status : mobile/ now offline Effective dates : 1984 - 1997 Included in local survey: yes 10.5 Instrument type : SLR Instrument name : TIGO Status : Permanent/Transportable Effective dates : 1997 - now Included in local survey: yes 10.6 Instrument type + name : PRARE Status : Permanent Effective dates : 1994 - now 10.7 Instrument type + name : Super Conducting Gravimeter Status : Permanent Effective dates : 1989 - now 10.8 Instrument type : Very Broad Band Seismograph Instrument name : Very Broad Band Seisomgraph STS-2 Status : Permanent Effective dates : 1991 - now 10.9 Instrument type : Doppler Instrument name : Transit (NNSS-DMA Doppler) Status : Permanent/now offline Effective dates : 1984 - 1993 10.10 Instrument type : GPS Instrument name : TI-4100 Status : Permanent/now offline Effective dates : 12-NOV-1987 until 27-JUL-1989 Additional information : CIGNET GPS station 10.11 Instrument type : GPS Instrument name : MiniMac 2816 AT Status : Permanent/now offline Effective dates : 23-MAY-1989 until 23-JUL-1991 Additional information : CIGNET GPS station 10.12 Instrument type : GPS Instrument name : ROGUE SNR-800 (WETT # 1200) Status : Permanent/now offline Effective dates : 23-JUL-1991 until 02-FEB-1997 Additional information : CIGNET, CORE, IGS station 10.13 Instrument type : GPS Instrument name : ROGUE SNR-8000 (WTZR # 1202) Status : Permanent Effective dates : 09-FEB-1995 until now Additional information : IGS Fiducial station 10.14 Instrument type : GPS Instrument name : TRIMBLE 4000 SSI (WTZT # 1201) Status : Permanent Effective dates : 06-FEB-1997 until now Additional information : no 10.15 Instrument type : GPS Instrument name : ASHTECH Z-12 (WTZA # 1204) Status : Permanent Effective dates : 25-NOV-1997 until now Additional information : no 10.16 Instrument type : GPS + GLONASS Instrument name : 3SNAV R101 OLD (WTZG # 1203) Status : Permanent/now offline Effective dates : 14-OCT-1998 until 04-SEP 1999 10.17 Instrument type : GPS + GLONASS Instrument name : ASHTECH Z-18 (WTZZ # 1205) Status : Permanent/now offline Effective dates : NOV-1998 until now 10.18 Instrument type : RINGLASER - Gyroscope Additional information : tbd 11. Field System computer information System vendor : CSD (local German supplier CPU : PIII CPU speed : 166 (MHz) Memory : 128 (Mbytes) Disk : 4 (Gbytes) Linux release : Internet connection : via firewall, starting 2001-jan-20 Antenna interface type : serial Spare FS computer? : yes 12. Known RFI sources : improved after end of Soviet Union 13. On-site contact information Agency : Bundesamt fuer Kartografie TU-Munic Shipping address : Sackenrieder Straße 25, D93444 KOETZTING Postal address : (as shipping address) URL of site web page : http://www.ifag.wettzell.de/ On-site Friend of VLBI Name : Dr. Wolfgang Schlueter Telephone (primary) : (0)9941-603-107 Telephone (alternate) : (0)9942-3657 Fax : (0)9941-603-222 E-mail : schueter@ifag.wettzell.de On-site VLBI operations room Telephone (primary) : (0)9941-603-262 Telephone (alternate) : (0)9941-603-0 Fax : (0)9941-603-222 E-mail : vlbi@ifag.wettzell.de Other on-site contact Name : Gerhard Kronschnabl Telephone (primary) : (0)9941-603-264 Telephone (alternate) : (0)9921-7820 Fax : (0)9941-603-222 E-mail : kronschabl@vlbi.wettzell.de Additional information : no 14. Responsible agency Agency : Bundesamt fuer Kartografie Shipping address : Richard Strauss Allee 11 D-60598 FRANKFURT am Main Postal address : as above address URL of agency web page : http://www.ifag.de/ Primary administrative agency contact Contact person : Prof. Dr. Gruenreich Telephone (primary) : (0)69-6333-225 Telephone (alternate) : - Fax : (0)69-6333-235 E-mail : gruenreich@ifag.de Alternate agency contact Agency : Technische Universitaet Muenchen Shipping address : Arcis-Strasse 21 D-80333 MUENCHEN Postal address : Arcis-Strasse 21 D-80290 MUENCHEN URL of agency web page : http://www.fesg.tu-muenchen.de/ Primary administrative agency contact Contact person : Prof. Dr. Rothacher Telephone (primary) : ++49-(0)89-2892-3195 alternate cont.person: Prof. Dr. Rummel Telephone (alternate): ++49-(0)89-2892-3190 Fax : ++49-(0)89-2893-3178 E-mail : rothacher@bv-tum.de Additional information : no 15. More information Additional information : no