From: Boudewijn Ambrosius Message-Id: <200703072058.l27KwJru082232@dutlru3.lr.tudelft.nl> Subject: [IGSMAIL-5573]: IRKT still alive!!! To: igsstation@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov, igsmail@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 21:58:19 +0100 (MET) Reply-To: b.a.c.ambrosius@tudelft.nl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-igsmail Precedence: bulk ****************************************************************************** IGS Electronic Mail 07 Mar 12:58:24 PST 2007 Message Number 5573 ****************************************************************************** Author: Boudewijn Ambrosius Dear colleagues, To my great surprise and happiness I found out a few days ago that the IRKT station is still alive. I thought the station was dead because I did not receive any data through the usual channels since day 144 of last year (2006). I did not have any clue who to contact at that time since all the people I knew in Irkutsk had moved or were unreacheable. A few days ago I received an e-mail from Kirill Palarmartchouck (now working at Oxford University, UK) who worked at VS NIIFTRI several years ago, offering help to streamline the data transfer from IRKT. In the past this was a cumbersome process because the data had to be transferred by hand from the receiver to a PC and then sent via VNIIFTRI in Mendeleevo to Delft and then to IGS. Apparently the transfer from VNIIFTRI broke down in 2006 and I assumed the receiver (an old Turborogue-8000) had failed. However, as it turned out, the receiver was and is still operational and Kirill sent me all the data since day 145, 2006. In the mean time the data transfer processes have been improved (automated) and since day 64, 2007, I am receiving the data on a daily basis again. Therefore, I am happy to announce that I will resume the regular upload of IRKT data as off today. I will also upload the backlog of old data later today (almost one year of data). In the (near) future we will further streamline the process by enabling direct upload from VS NIIFTRI in Irkutsk to IGS, in order to minimize the data latency. I am very grateful for the mediation of Kirill (he is no longer formally connected to VS NIIFTRI) and I hope the data from IRKT still represent a valuable contribution to IGS. Knowing now that VS NIIFTRI is still committed to maintain the GPS infrastructure in Irkutsk, we (TU Delft) will reconsider the option to replace the old SNR-8000 receiver at IRKT with a more modern type with enhanced capabilities. Best regards, Boudewijn