CARA Telecon Minutes

Date:             April 23, 2001
Time:             1:00 PM

Attendance:

BU:
Cornell:
CMU:         J. Peterson
NU:          G. Novak
R.I.T:
S.A.O.:      T. Stark, W. Walsh, A. Lane
South Pole:  C. Martin
Chicago:     S. Meyer, R. Pernic, R. Loewenstein, J. Bausch
UCB:
UCSB:        J. Ruhl


Agenda Items


News from the Pole:
C. Martin reported that all telescopes were functioning

Projects:

Acbar - testing and pointing

AST/RO - observing; Magellanic Cloud mapping. A new-to-AST/RO molecule
(HDO J = 1_{0,1} -> 0_{0,0} transition at 464.92 GHz) has been
detected for an external proposal.


DASI -

SPIFI -

SPARO -

SIPs will be FedEx-ed at the end of the week; after review, PIs
should report back at telecon in two weeks.

Current status on Liquid Helium -
Discussion on what to believe about differential pressure gauge
measurements; Art Francis and possible John Ruhl to go to England to
find out why boiloff rate is so high.
For successful winter 2002, a late flight to Pole should top off all dewars

Coldfinger on hold.