==== TOG Meeting 25/26 June 2024 ====

The EVN Technical and Operations Group (TOG) meeting will take place from June 25 to 26, 2024 in Göteborg and Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden.

=== Logistics ===

More on the meeting [[ https://www.chalmers.se/en/conference/evntog2024/ | website at Chalmers ]].

=== Agenda  ===

== Tuesday 25 June 2023 ==

//Coffee at the hotel from 08:30 CEST; target coffee/lunch breaks 10:00-10:30 CEST, 12:00-13:00 CEST, 15:00-15:30 CEST//

Start of the meeting 9:00 CEST

  - Introduction, [[ https://deki.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/Working_Groups/EVN_TOG/Current_Action_Items | Action Items ]]
  - Update by the TOG Chair (**Poppi**)
  - {{ :tog:evn_perfomance_tog_2024.pdf |Performance of the EVN}} (**Oh**)
  - Report from stations
      - wide-band C/X status (**all**)
      - triband receiver status (**all**)
      - {{ :tog:tog2024_brand.pdf |BRAND receiver integration tests at Effelsberg}} (**Rahimi**)
      - operations (commissioning tests?) (**Yang**)
      - DBBC3 status (**all**)
          - {{ tog:dbbc3-evlbi-test.pdf | DBBC3 (e-VLBI) tests }} (**Eldering**)
          - {{ :tog:vlbi_test_observations_with_8-bit_vdif_data_high.pdf |8-bit per sample tests}} (**Yang**)
      - flexbuf / recorder can do >> 8 Gbps? (**all**)
  - {{ tog:tog2024june-buijs-systemandnetworkmanagementatjive.pdf | System and network management at JIVE }} (**Buijs**)
  - Recorder status?
      - {{ :tog:tog-ncftp-2024.pdf |NcFTP station->JIVE slow speed}} (**Feiler, everyone**)
  - {{ :tog:lindqvist-craf-tog-june-2024.pdf |RFI monitoring, CRAF, SpaceX/Starlink}} (**Lindquist**)
  - {{ :tog:weh_tog_june_2024.pdf | Field System status/update(s) }} (**Himwich**)
  - VLBA/NRAO update (**Hunt**}
  - Next TOG Meeting

== Wednesday 26 June 2024 ==
//Note: only in-person attendance possible for the activities of this day//

  * 8:00 AM Bus leaves for Onsala Observatory from the hotel
  * 9:00 AM Divide into two groups, two ~45min activities in parallel, then switch:
      - DBBC3 hands-on (**Yang**) + {{ :tog:evlbi.pdf | e-VLBI recap }} (**Eldering**)
      - Tour of the observatory
  * 10:30-11:00 coffee break
  * 11:00 Open discussion (suggestions welcome) and wrapping up
  * 13:00 Lunch
  * 15:00 Back in Göteborg/bus will pass by airport for drop-off

=== Station Reports ===

Available [[[tog:station_reports_2024|here]] 

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