Contents

• List of Tables
• 1 INTRODUCTION
• 2 VLBA FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
• 3 ANTENNA SITES
• 4 ANTENNAS
• 5 PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS
• 6 VLBA SIGNAL PATH
  • 6.1 Antenna and Subreflector
  • 6.2 Feed
  • 6.3 Polarizer
  • 6.4 Pulse Cal
  • 6.5 Noise Cal
  • 6.6 Receiver
  • 6.7 Maser
  • 6.8 Local Oscillator Transmitter and Receiver
  • 6.9 Front End Synthesizer
  • 6.10 IF Converter
  • 6.11 IF Cables
  • 6.12 IF Distributors
  • 6.13 Base Band Converters
  • 6.14 Samplers
  • 6.15 Formatter
  • 6.16 Recorders
  • 6.17 Site Computer
  • 6.18 Monitor and Control Bus
  • 6.19 GPS Receiver
  
  
• 7 CORRELATOR
  • 7.1 Spectral Resolution
  • 7.2 Integration Period
  • 7.3 Output Rate
  
  
• 8 ANGULAR RESOLUTION
• 9 u-v PLANE COVERAGE
• 10 BASELINE SENSITIVITY
• 11 IMAGE SENSITIVITY
• 12 CALIBRATION TRANSFER
• 13 AMPLITUDE CALIBRATION
• 14 PHASE CALIBRATION AND IMAGING
  • 14.1 Fringe Finders
  • 14.2 The Pulse Cal System
  • 14.3 Fringe Fitting
  • 14.4 Editing
  • 14.5 Self-Calibration, Imaging, and Deconvolution
  • 14.6 Phase Referencing
  
  
• 15 POLARIMETRY
• 16 PULSAR OBSERVATIONS
• 17 SPECTRAL LINE OBSERVATIONS
• 18 WIDE-FIELD IMAGING
• 19 VLBA/HSA/EVN/GLOBAL PROPOSALS
  • 19.1 Preparing a Proposal
  • 19.2 Submitting a Proposal
  • 19.3 Student Support and Dissertations
  
  
• 20 PREPARATION FOR OBSERVING
• 21 DURING OBSERVING
• 22 POST-PROCESSING SOFTWARE
  • 22.1 AIPS
  • 22.2 CASA
  • 22.3 Difmap
  
  
• 23 VISITING THE DSOC
  • 23.1 General Information
  • 23.2 Travel Support for Visiting the DSOC
  
  
• 24 DATA ARCHIVE AND DISTRIBUTION
• 25 Publication Guidelines
  • 25.1 Acknowledgment to NRAO
  • 25.2 Dissertations
  • 25.3 Page Charge Support
  • 25.4 Reprints
  
  
• 26 RESOURCE LISTS
  • 26.1 Software
  • 26.2 Documents and Articles
  • 26.3 Key Personnel
  
  
• 27 Acknowledgments