The thirteenth biennial IVS Technical Operations Workshop (TOW) was held in May 2025 at MIT Haystack Observatory in Westford, Massachusetts. At this year’s workshop were some 64 people representing 13 different countries. The TOW is focused on hands-on training and problem resolution in VLBI operations and is thus geared toward the technical staff members at operational and […]
The 2024 International VLBI Technology Workshop (IVTW) was held at MIT Haystack Observatory this year! The program and presentation materials are available at https://www.haystack.mit.edu/ivtw2024. Great talks, fantastic discussions, far too much food—and the best weather we could ask for. See you at the next one! 🙂
Thank you to the many presenters and participants at the wonderful IVS General Meeting 2024, which was held in March in Tsukuba, Japan. And a special thank-you from the entire IVS to our excellent hosts and organizers for making this an excellent event for all. The icebreaker, opening ceremony, informative sessions, anniversary celebration, excursions, and […]
MIT Haystack Observatory has announced the dates for the 9th annual International VLBI Technology Workshop, to be held this fall at Haystack. The dates are October 21–23, 2024. The scope of this technology workshop aims to encompass all areas of VLBI hardware and software development. This coming IVTW will be held in person only. More […]
Members of the IVS are gathering in Tsukuba, Japan, for the 13th IVS General Meeting as well as a special anniversary program, celebrating 25 years of the IVS! Details and photos will be provided here. We would like to thank the organizing committees and participants for in advance hosting this significant milestone event for the […]
The twelfth biennial IVS Technical Operations Workshop (TOW) was held in May 2023 at MIT Haystack Observatory in Westford, Massachusetts. At this year’s workshop were some 64 people representing 15 different countries.The TOW is focused on hands-on training and problem resolution in VLBI operations and is thus geared toward the technical staff members at operational and forthcoming […]
Eskil Varenius held an excellent seminar on amplitude calibration at the 8 April 2021 VGOS Technical Committee (VTC) meeting. This topic is of high relevance for the VGOS stations. His presentation slides and a recording of the seminar are linked below. (Thanks to Dirk Behrend for the coordination of this event.) Title: Station Amplitude Calibration: […]
An announcement from Dirk and the IVS Coordinating Center: I’m pleased to announce that we will organize an IVS Technical OperationsWorkshop (TOW) at the beginning of May (May 3–5, 2021) as a virtual meeting. As usual, the meeting will be oriented towards training and problem resolution in VLBI operations; this year’s TOW is intended to […]
Per email from the Local Organizing Committee (LOC), the IVS General Meeting for 2020 has been cancelled because of the pandemic COVID-19.
In December, the new radio telescope at Metsähovi in Finland achieved first light with the newly installed broadband receiver. Congratulations to everyone involved! https://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/en/topical_issues/first-verified-signals-received-metsahovis-new-vgos-radio-telescope and also see https://twitter.com/NataliyaZubko/status/1202131707027214336.
