Jan 20, 2011
		Medicina station report to EVN TOG meeting


These items cover the period May 2010 - Jan 2011:

1) Mark5:
	Our disk pool for astronomy is still 168TB for a total of 56 packs. No
	other purchases are planned by now.

2) Field System :
	The Field System version is 9.10.4 (FSL8). We did not face any problem
        up to now.  Some parts of the station code are being reviewed and
        adjusted to new station control software. These new software is going
        to te tested in Medicina and then installed in SRT during this year.

3) Receivers:
	The 22GHz multifeed receiver will be no more available in Medicina
	within spring and sent to SRT site.  We have under construction a dual
	feed system as its substitution.  The S/X receiver is not cooled due
	to the fault of the cooling system.

4) Antenna :
	INAF has deliberated enough money to make heavy maintenance on 32m
	antenna.  It will be a long work and we foresee to repair the
	elevation wheel, paint the antenna structure and change the
	subreflector drives.  Also a substitution of the very old parts of the
	cryogenic helium pipelines will be done.

5) e-vlbi :
	The upgrade to 10Gb/s is still a work in progress as well as the the
	creation of a 10 Gb/s POP center in Bologna Headquarters.  Needed
	devices have been bought but not installed yet. Negotiations with
	local network consortium is still the main issue. We could reasonably
	say that Medicina will have the 10Gbit link to JIVE by the next
	autumn.


A. Orfei
A. Orlati