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1 1 ANTENNA RETROFITS 11/4/08 8/9/ antennas retrofitted 4/13/09 4/13/ antennas retrofitted 11/5/09 11/5/09 5 Last antenna retrofitted 8/9/10 8/9/10 6 WIDE-BAND RECEIVERS 2/4/08 10/15/12 7 L-Band 4/6/09 /12 4/13 11/5 8/9 8 Start L-Band receiver production 4/6/09 4/6/ L-Band receivers available 11/2/09 11/2/ L-Band receivers available 2/1/11 2/1/ L-Band receivers available /12 /12 12 S-Band 8/08 / S-Band receivers available 9/7/09 9/7/ S-Band receivers available 3/1/11 3/1/ S-Band receivers available /12 /12 17 C-Band 7/14/08 /10 4/6 9/7 11/2 2/1 3/ C-Band receivers available 3/26/09 3/26/ C-Band receivers available /09 / C-Band receivers available /10 /10 22 X-Band 2/1/10 10/15/12 3/26 23 Start X-Band receiver production 2/1/10 2/1/ X-band receivers available 7/5/10 7/5/ X-Band receivers available 10/1/11 10/1/ X-Band receivers available 10/15/12 10/15/12 27 Ku-Band 7/21/08 10/15/ Ku-Band receivers available 9/0 9/ Ku-Band receivers available /11 / Ku-Band receivers available 10/15/12 10/15/12 2/1 7/5 9/6 10/1 Page 1
2 32 Ka-Band 2/4/08 6/7/ Ka-Band receivers available /09 / Ka-Band receivers available 6/7/10 6/7/10 37 UPGRADES TO HARDWARE 4/9/08 1/5/11 38 DTS (high speed samplers) 6/09 1/5/11 39 T302 (2nd set of synthesizers) 6/09 1/5/11 40 T304 (TPD, filters & equalizers) 4/9/08 8/9/10 6/7 41 EVLA Wide-Band upgrade complete 1/5/11 1/5/11 42 WIDAR HARDWARE DELIVERY 3/26/08 12/31/09 1/5 50 Widar-0 Growth /09 12/1/ station boards delivered /09 / station boards delivered /09 / station boards delivered 12/1/09 12/1/09 54 All station, baseline and crossbar boards delivered 12/31/09 12/31/09 55 PREPARATION FOR OSRO 4/1/08 3/1/10 62 WIDAR Software 3/16/09 3/1/10 63 Develop OPT release for WIDAR-0 testing 3/16/09 5/1/09 64 Develop MCCC model handler 3/16/09 7/1/09 65 Finalize CPCC 3/16/09 9/1/09 66 Develop CBE decimation in time and frequency 7/1/09 9/1/09 67 Support CBE full data rates with cluster management software /09 9/1/09 68 Develop ability to pass VCI documents to the MCCC in the Executor 7/2/09 1/1/10 69 Implement configuration mapper in MCCC 3/17/09 1/1/10 70 Implement alerts and logs in MCCC 10/2/09 1/1/10 71 Develop support for mini-sdm in MCAF 11/2/09 3/1/10 72 Science Commissioning 3/16/09 3/1/10 73 Produce recommendations for Ka-band flux calibration 3/16/09 5/1/09 12/1 12/31 Page 2
3 74 Implement tipping scan analysis in AIPS 3/16/09 5/1/09 75 Develop delay calibration procedure for WIDAR-0 3/16/09 /09 76 Develop Tsys calculation for station board CMIBs /09 9/1/09 77 Test wideband bandpass stability with WIDAR-0 /09 9/1/09 78 Develop system temperature calibration /09 9/1/09 79 Develop tipping scan/weather station analysis for new frequency bands 9/1/09 /09 80 Determine antenna gain curves 8/3/09 /09 81 Integrate API and weather station into M&C system 9/1/09 1/1/10 82 Develop procedures for accurate gain calibration 9/1/09 1/1/10 83 Develop new wideband calibrator models /09 1/1/10 84 Conduct calibrator survey /09 1/1/10 85 Develop WIDAR-0 CAL procedure w/ weak sources & multiple sub-bands 8/3/09 1/1/10 86 Make primary beam and holography measurements 3/16/09 1/1/10 87 Develop TelCal support for reference pointing only 8/3/09 3/1/10 88 Data Analysis 3/16/09 1/1/10 89 AIPS WIDAR data from CASA into AIPS via UVFITS 3/16/09 5/1/09 90 Modify CASA filler/uvfits data path 3/16/09 6/30/09 91 Develop AIPS analysis of OSRO data reduction for typical user 3/16/09 6/30/09 92 Provide capability in CASA to handle "typical" data set sizes 10/1/09 12/31/09 93 Provide capability in CASA for spectral line and cube analysis 10/1/09 12/31/09 94 Provide plotting and image annotation in CASA 10/1/09 12/31/09 95 Provide CASA support for Solar System objects 9/1/09 12/31/09 96 Provide AIPS automated calibration procedure for OSRO modes 9/1/09 1/1/10 97 Analyze quality of AIPS EVLA data calibration 10/1/09 1/1/10 98 Data Handling/Processing 3/16/09 1/1/10 99 Automatic transfer and cataloging of EVLA data with AAT 3/16/09 4/6/ Automatic conversion of retrieved EVLA data to UVFITS in AAT 4/6/09 9/1/09 Page 3
4 101 Provide CASA direct access to EVLA archive 5/1/09 9/1/ Upgrade VLA-DSOC link to 1Gbps 8/3/09 10/1/ Upgrade DSOC 1Gbps link to Internet2 10/1/09 12/1/ Purchase archive disks /09 1/1/ User Support 3/16/09 1/15/ Pre-populate project from proposal with OPT 3/16/09 4/6/ Develop proposal/scheduling process and configuration durations 3/30/09 6/30/ Develop prototype for on-line helpdesk 4/1/09 7/1/ Develop plan for supporting increased number of users 7/1/09 9/1/ Revise exposure calculator for OSRO 7/1/09 9/1/ Update PST for OSRO 7/1/09 9/1/ Develop EVLA observational status summary for OSRO 8/3/09 9/1/ Provide new EVLA website for all users 7/1/09 9/1/ Update PST documentation for OSRO 7/1/09 9/1/ Provide data analyst for data distribution via alternative media /09 12/1/ Support remote user access /09 12/1/ Provide final online helpdesk 10/1/09 12/1/ Develop OPT documentation for OSRO 10/1/09 1/1/ Update CASA cookbook for OSRO /09 1/15/ Update AIPS cookbook for OSRO /09 1/15/ Release OPT for OSRO users 1/15/10 1/15/ Make VLA webisite available for archival information only 1/15/10 1/15/ PREPARATION FOR RSRO 3/16/09 /10 1/15 1/ Science Commissioning 10/1/09 / Develop gain CAL procedure for wide bandwidths, weak calibration source 10/1/09 12/1/ Calibrate 3-bit samplers 1/1/10 / Improve reference pointing for multiple sub-bands, weaker sources 1/1/10 /10 Page 4
5 128 Determine time and frequency dependence of polarization calibration 1/1/10 / Data Analysis 3/16/09 12/31/ Wideband, narrow-filed imaging of single, unconfused sources 3/16/09 5/1/ Provide automatic editing of UV data 9/30/09 12/31/ Narrow-field imaging of single sources with confusing sources 5/1/09 12/31/ Develop auto-boxing for CLEAN 9/30/09 12/31/ Data Handling/Processing 3/16/09 1/1/ Complete parallelization tests of prototype post-processing cluster 3/16/09 6/30/ Develop specification for final post-processing cluster 6/30/09 10/1/ Develop plan for access and use of post-processing cluster 6/30/09 10/1/ Complete software for parallelized post-processing cluster 6/30/09 1/1/ Purchase post-processing cluster 10/1/09 1/1/ User Support 7/1/09 9/1/ Develop mechanism for handling RSRO proposals 7/1/09 9/1/ Release OPT for RSRO users 9/1/09 9/1/09 9/1 143 DATA RATES AND NETWORKING 7/2/08 10/1/ WIDAR-0, Max rate = 20MBps small % time 3/1/09 3/1/ RSRO, Max rate = 16 MB 10%time /10 / OSRO, Max rate = 2 MB 90%time /11 / End of construction, Max rate = 75 MB 100%time 10/1/12 10/1/ OBSERVING 3/1/10 1/1/ Open shared risk observing (OSRO) 3/1/10 12/31/ Begin full science operations 1/1/13 1/1/13 3/1 1 Page 5
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