CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility
Parkes Users Guide
Preface
Telescope Operators
Conventions
(1) Introducing the Parkes Observatory
/1./Introducing the Parkes Observatory
/1.1/The Parkes RadioTelescope
/1.2/Transport to the Observatory
/1.3/Other Information
/1.4/Observers Quarters
/1.5/Booking Your Accomodation
/1.6/Visitors Centre and Dish Cafe
/1.7/Observatory Contact Details
(2) Planning Your Observations
/2./Planning Your Observations
/2.1/Applying for Observing Time
/2.2/Radio-Frequency Interference Considerations
/2.3/Observing Modes
/2.4/Preparing Schedule Files
/2.5/Sensitivity
/2.6/Parkes Receiver Fleet
/2.7/Conversion System
/2.8/Signal Path
/2.9/Standing Wave Reduction
/2.10/Correlator Configurations
/2.11/Dish Surface Quality
(3) Observer Training & Safety
/3./Observer Training & Safety
/3.1/Introduction
/3.2/Duties of an LICENSED OPERATOR
/3.3/Duties of a DESIGNATED CONTACT PERSON (DCP)
/3.4/Questions and Answers
/3.5/Definitions
(4) Observing
/4./Observing
/4.1/The On–call person
/4.2/The Telescope Hardware
/4.3/The Telescope Control Software
/4.4/Manual Control Panel
/4.5/Weather and wind restrictions
/4.6/Stowing and Unstowing
/4.7/Power Supply via Mains/Diesel/UPS
/4.8/Spectral-line/Continuum Startup Checklist
(5) Data Reduction and End of Observing
/5./Data Reduction and End of Observing
/5.1/ATNF Data Format
/5.2/LIVEDATA & GRIDZILLA
/5.3/ASAP
/5.4/MIRIAD
/5.5/Source finding programs
/5.6/Other Packages
/5.7/Magnetic Tape Storage
/5.8/Portable Storage
/5.9/Laptop Storage
/5.10/DVD Archiving with PKARC
/5.11/Disk Cleanup
/5.12/Observer Report
(6) TroubleShooting
/6./TroubleShooting
/6.1/Correlator issues
/6.2/Australia Telescope Distributed Clock Displays all zeros
/6.3/Azimuth and/or Zenith Drives Disabled
/6.4/PKDESK requires a restart or crashes
/6.5/Mouse seems to have disappeared on BOURBON
/6.6/OPERFCC Reports Y2 Axis Following Error
/6.7/Loss of 1MHz sampling clock and/or 0.2pps (5-second) pulse
/6.8/Pulsar Data Acquisition Problems
/6.9/ME or SERVO stops/crashes
/6.10/Safety Timer fails to reset
/6.11/SPD display shows rubbish
(7) Appendicies
/7./Appendicies
/7.1/Trainers Guide to Training Observers
/7.2/Site Alarms
 Index
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Parkes RadioTelescope Users Guide

This manual is for users of the Australia Telescope, Parkes Observatory

Preface  
1. Introducing the Parkes Observatory  
2. Planning Your Observations  
3. Observer Training & Safety  
4. Observing  
5. Data Reduction and End of Observing  
6. TroubleShooting  
7. Appendicies  

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