[IGSMAIL-0671] NEW SITE

[Martin]

IGS Electronic Mail      Wed Jul 13 11:11:45 PDT 1994      Message Number 0671
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Author: Martin Hendy / AUSLIG
Subject: NEW SITE: Casey

 
A permanent GPS receiver has been installed at the Australian Antarctic
Research Station Casey, in Wilkes Land Antarctica. The monument is a concrete
pad set in rock at ground level, 200 m west of the nearest station building.


The GPS antenna is permanently located on the new monument and is covered with
an acrylic dome.

Monument inscription: AU100

This is a permanent installation.

Brief station information follows and a site report has been submitted to IGSCB.

Station Information
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Installation Date: July, 1994
Monument Mark: 5/8 " stub in centre of stainless steel plate set in concrete
Receiver Type: Rogue SNR-8100 (Turbo Rogue rackmount)
Receiver Software: V2.8.1.1
Frequency Reference: external rubidium
Antenna Height: 0.001 m (arp = base of antenna)
Approximate Station Coordinates:
(ITRF from an unconstrained global solution)

        Lat:  S  66 17 00.0840
        Long: E 110 31 10.9385
        Ht:        22.741 m
        X:  - 901776.2558 m
        Y:   2409383.7338 m
        Z:  -5816748.5915 m

Data Availability
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Data for this site is available from:

ftp.auslig.gov.au
user   = ftp
passwd = email address

It is expected that data will be available daily within 4 hours of 
00:00 UTC.

The data is held on a Sun system in unix compressed rinex files.


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Martin Hendy       Telephone: +61 6 201 4350     FAX: +61 6 201 4366
                   Email: martinh at auslig.gov.au 
Geodetic Unit                    
Australian Surveying & Land Information Group (AUSLIG)  
P.O. Box 2          
Belconnen ACT 2616
AUSTRALIA
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