International Earth Rotation Service - VLBI Technical Development Center News No.9

published by
Communications Research Laboratory, 4-2-1 Nukui-kita, Koganei, Tokyo 184, Japan

CONTENTS

• Overview of the Ninth TDC Meeting (T. Kondo)
• Review of Reorganization of the IERS VLBI and APSG Work Shop (T. Yoshino)
• The Compatibility of VLBI Terminal in APT (Y. Takahashi)
• The Extension of the Asia VLBI Networks by CRL (the Results in Japan-Urumqi VLBI Experiments) (Y. Takahashi, et al.)
• Technical Reports
  • Current Status of the Key Stone Project (KSP) (N. Kurihara)
  • Crustal Deformation Measurement in the Metropolitan Area Real-Time VLBI System Software -- RKATS (M. Sekido, et al.)
  • Current Status of the Gigabit VLBI Recorder System (J. Nakajima)
  • GPS Meteorology in Japan and its Implications to VLBI (R. Ichikawa)
  • Radar Observations of Near Earth Asteroids (Y. Koyama)
  • Current Status of Kashima Radio Spectrograph (KaRAS) for Observing the Sun and Jovian Radio Wave Emissions at Low Frequencies (20-70 MHz) (T. Kondo)
• Announcement
  • Technical Workshop for APT and APSG 1996 (TWAA96)

1) the development of new observation techniques and new systems for advanced Earth's rotation observations by VLBI and other space techniques,
2) the promotion of research in Earth rotation by advanced methods in VLBI,
3) the distribution of new VLBI technology.

This news was edited by Tetsuro Kondo and Yasuhiro Koyama, Kashima Space Research Center, who are editorial staff members of TDC at the Communications Research Laboratory, Japan. The editors wish to thank Dr.O.J.Sovers for his kind help in the correction of the news translated from Japanese to English.

Inquires on this issue should be addressed to:

               T. Kondo
               Kashima Space Research Center
               Communications Research Laboratory
               893-1 Hirai, Kashima, Ibaraki 314, Japan

               TEL    : +81-299-84-7137
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               e-mail : kondo(AT)nict.go.jp