[IGSMAIL-0672] New Site - Davis

[Martin]

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IGS Electronic Mail      Wed Jul 13 11:13:37 PDT 1994      Message Number 0672
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Author: Martin Hendy / AUSLIG
Subject: New Site - Davis

 
A permanent GPS receiver has been installed at the Australian Antarctic
Research Station - Davis, in Princess Elizabeth Land Antarctica. The 
monument is a concrete pad set in rock at ground level approximately 60 
metres from the station buildings.


The GPS antenna is permanently located on the pad and is covered by an acrylic dome. 

Monument inscription: AUS99

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: stainless steel plate set in concrete pillar
Receiver Type: Rogue SNR-8100 (Turbo Rogue rackmount)
Receiver Software: V2.8.1.1
Frequency Reference: external rubidium
Antenna Height: 0.0035 m (arp = base of antenna)
Approximate Station Coordinates:
(ITRF from an unconstrained global solution)

        Lat:  S  68 34 38.3552
        Long: E  77 58 21.4245
        Ht:          44.696 m
        X:     486854.441 m
        Y:    2285099.620 m
        Z:   -5914955.885 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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