=====  TOG - Agenda, October 6, 2014 =====

  - **Local Arrangements/Opening Remarks (Migoni, Lindqvist)**
  - **Approval & last minute additions to Agenda (all)**
  - **Acceptance of minutes from last meeting (all) ** [[http://www.oso.chalmers.se/evn/minutes/Minutes_EVN-TOG_Wz_2014.pdf|Wettzell, January 23-24, 2014]]
  - **Review of Action Items from last meeting (all; see [[https://deki.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/Working_Groups/EVN_TOG/Current_Action_Items|  Action Items from last meeting ]])**
  - **Review of Permanent Action Items (all; see [[https://deki.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/Working_Groups/EVN_TOG/Permanent_Action_Items| Permanent Action Items]])**
  - **RadioNet3 **
      * Next TWS (Lindqvist)
      * [[http://eratec.ira.inaf.it/synergy/|Synergy RadiotelDB]] (Paragi) 
  - **Reliability/Performance of the EVN ** 
      * Reliability/Performance of the EVN (Agudo), {{:na:eratec:tog:tog-meeting-04:agudo_reliability_v1.0.pdf|}}
      * Pre-session checks, e.g., sampler stats, phase-cal, RFI ... (Agudo)
      * NME results (Agudo)
      * Feedback from last sessions (Agudo) 
  - **Amplitude Calibration **   
      * Quality of calibration (Agudo), {{:na:eratec:tog:tog-meeting-04:agudo_amplitude_v1.0.pdf|}}
      * Timely delivery of ANTAB-files? (Agudo)
  - **Digital BBC-systems **
      * DBBC development and production status, (Alef), {{:na:eratec:tog:tog-meeting-04:dbbc2_deployment_status_oct_2014_rev2.pdf|}}
      * DBBC spare parts (Lindqvist)
      * DBBC experience at stations (all)
   - **JIVE ** 
      * Technical Operations and R&D at JIVE, (Szomoru), {{:na:eratec:tog:tog-meeting-04:arpad_tog14_2.pdf|}}
  - ** New observing categories ** 
      * EVN+LBA (Szomoru)
      * Out-of-Session observing (Gunn), {{:na:eratec:tog:tog-meeting-04:agunn.pdf|}}
      * Joint frequency blocks (Gunn, Lindqvist)
      * Triggered/interrupted e-VLBI observations (Kettenis), {{:na:eratec:tog:tog-meeting-04:tog-kettenis.pdf|}}
   - ** Technical Development ** 
     * Diskshipping-less operation (Yang, Verkouter), {{:na:eratec:tog:tog-meeting-04:tog-sardinia-okt2014-eshipping.pdf|}}
     * Towards 2-4 Gbps operation (Szomoru)
     * Development of a Low-noise wide-band integrated amplifier for VLBI antennas, RadioNet3/DIVA Task 1 (Alef)
     * DBBC3, RadioNet3/DIVA Task 2 (Alef), {{:na:eratec:tog:tog-meeting-04:dbbc3_evn_symposium_2014.pdf|}}
  - **Field System, status and new features **
      * Status report, new developments (Himwich), {{:na:eratec:tog:tog-meeting-04:fs_tog_oct_2014.pdf|}}
  - **Haystack **
      * Haystack status report (Ruszczyk), {{:na:eratec:tog:tog-meeting-04:haystackstatus_oct3_14.pdf|}}
  - **Mark 5,6 **
      * Status: Mark 5A/B/B+/C,6, software, firmware, SDK9  (Ruszczyk), {{:na:eratec:tog:tog-meeting-04:mark5_status_oct3_14.pdf|}}
      * jive5ab (Verkouter), {{:na:eratec:tog:tog-meeting-04:tog-sardinia-okt2014-jive5ab.pdf|}}
      * [[http://mark5-info.jive.nl/|Mark5/FS status at EVN stations,]] (Szomoru)
      * Mark 5 problems encountered during last session, (all)
      * Disk inventory and purchase status – 7000 € per station/year (Lindqvist, all)
      * Disk throughput at JIVE, balancing with NRAO, Astro/Geo pool (Campbell)
      * Mark 5 logistics (repairs, shipping rules, VLBA shipping requirements, boxes, labels, etc.) (all)
  - **SCHED Developments **
     * Digital BBC-systems, Mark 5C, Mark 6, 2-4 Gbps operation etc. (Campbell)
     * SCHED after C. Walker retires (all)
  - **NRAO ** 
      * NRAO status report (Romney),  {{:na:eratec:tog:tog-meeting-04:romney141006_tog.pdf|}}
  - **Activities at EVN stations **
      * The new radome for the OSO 20 m telescope (Hammargren)
  - **Activities at potential new EVN stations**
  - **Upcoming meetings (Lindqvist) **
      * EVN Symposium and Users' Meeting, Cagliari, Italy, 7-10 October 2014
      * 3rd International VLBI Technology Workshop, JIVE, The Netherlands, 10-13 November, 2014
      * Eighth IVS Technical Operations Workshop, Haystack Observatory, Westford, USA, 4-7 May, 2015 
      * TWS, 2015 
  - **Date and place of the next TOG meeting **
      * Robledo, Spain, June 26 2015 (preliminary date)
  - **AOB **