• Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.95-100
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• 2013

A fiber-optic reference signal transmission system, which transmits the 1.4 GHz reference signal from H-maser to receiver cabin in radio telescopes, was adopted for compensating the phase changes due to temperature variation and antenna movement. At the first experiment, the remote signal's phase changed more than 15 degrees at 1.4 GHz. We found unstable components in sub-system experiments and replaced them. The main cause of unstable phase stability was the unaligned polarization axis between Laser Diode and Mach-Zehnder Modulator (MZM). The improved system stability showed $1{\times}10^{-16}$ allan standard deviation at 1,000 sec integration time with the antenna fixed. When the antenna moves in the azimuth axis, the 1.4 GHz remote signal showed the phase change smaller than 0.2 degrees.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.231-244
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• 2015

The accuracy of reference point of VLBI antenna is mandatory to perform collocation of different space geodetic techniques. In this study, we evaluated the optimal methods for the 3D circle fitting to enhance the accuracy of the reference point of VLBI antenna. Two kinds of methodologies for the orthonormal coordinate system with translation of planar observation point and the unitary coordinate transforamation were suggested and their fitting accuracies were evaluated where the orthogonal distance was calculated by residual between observation point and fitting model and the recursive calculation was performed to improve the accuracy of 3D circle fitting. Finally, we found that the methodology for the unitary coordinate transformation is highly appropriate to determine the optimal equation for azimuth-axis and elevation-axis of VLBI antenna. Therefore, the reference point of VLBI antenna with high accuracy can be determined by the intersection of the above two axises (azimuth-axis and elevation-axis). This result is expected to be utilized for a variety of researches for connection between VLBI observation results and the national control point.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.10b
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• pp.470-471
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 한일공동VLBI상관기(KJJVC)의 핵심구성인 VLBI상관서브시스템(VCS)의 개발과 그 시제품의 기본적인 성능시험에 대해 고찰하고자 한다. VCS는 16관측국의 총 120기선과 관측국당 8Gbps의 입력 데이터처리 그리고 총 8192채널의 상관결과를 출력할 수 있는 성능을 가지고 있다. VCS는 FX 형식으로 데이터 입력보드(RDC), 푸리에 변환보드(FTB) 그리고 상관처리보드(CAB)로 구성되며, 푸리에 변환보드와 상관처리보드에서 중요한 기능들이 수행된다. 그리고 VCS는 8Gbps의 입력데이터를 처리하기 위해 데이터 직렬화 방법을 채택하고 최대 지연추적을 위해 인공위성 VLBI를 위한 VSOP2의 관측데이터도 처리할 수 있도록 설계되었다. VCS는 2007년 8월부터 개발이 진행되었으며, 현재 시제품이 완성되어 기본적인 성능시험을 수행하였다. 본 논문에서는 VCS 시제품의 성능시험결과에 대해 간략히 기술한다.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.47-47
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• 2010

APT(Asian-Pacific Telecommunity)는 아시아-태평양지역 국가의 공동이익을 도모하기 위하여 결성된 아-태지역 전파협의체 조직으로, WRC(세계전파통신회의)회의에서의 아-태지역 주관청의 공동이익을 얻기 위해 APG(APT Conference Preparatory Group for WRC)회의를 연간 1회의 비율로 개최하고 있다. WRC-12회의에 대비하여 결성된 APG-12 회의가 2010년 3월 태국 방콕에서 개최되었으며, 전파천문업무 보호 및 22 GHz 대역 달탐사, 38 GHz 대역 Space-VLBI운용대역과 관련된 WRC-11 의제 1.6, 1.11, 1.12 등에 대해 활발한 토론이 있었다. WRC-12 의제 1.12는 항공이동국이 ASTRO-G와 같은 차세대 space-VLBI의 우주연구업무에 유해한 간섭을 줄 수 있으므로, 항공이동업무의 간섭으로부터 37-38GHz대역의 우주연구업무를 보호하기 위한 연구의제이다. 따라서 한국천문연구원에서는 KVN과 일본국립천문대(ASTRO-G)간의 원활한 국제 공동VLBI연구를 위해, WRC회의에서 최종적인 규정개정을 함에 있어서 필요한 아-태지역 국가의 공동의견을 창출하기 위한 APT회의에서 주도적인 역할을 담당하고 있다. 본 발표에서는 APG-12 3차 회의에 제출한 우리나라의 기고서 제출 결과 및 동 회의에서의 최종결과 및 향후 대응책에 대해서도 알아보고자 한다.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.145.2-145.2
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• 2011

We present the results of simultaneous observations of SiO v = 1, 2, J = 1-0, $^{29}SiO$ v = 0, J = 1-0, and $H_2O$ $6_{16}-5_{23}$ maser lines toward 152 known $H_2O$-only maser sources (the sources which are previously detected only in the 22 GHz $H_2O$ maser emission) using Yonsei and Tamna 21-m radio telescopes of the Korean VLBI Network from 2009 June to 2011 January. Both SiO and $H_2O$ maser emission were detected from 62 sources giving a detection rate of 40.8 %. SiO-only maser emission was detected from 27 sources, while $H_2O$-only maser was detected from 22 sources. We have identified 19 new detections of SiO maser emission for previous non-detection sources and 51 new detections of SiO maser for previously not observed sources. Characteristics of all observed sources in the IRAS two-color diagram is investigated including their evolutionary sequence and mutual relations between SiO and $H_2O$ maser emission. These observational results will be useful for statistical study of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and future VLBI observation.

• Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.48 no.2
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• pp.125-137
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• 2015

We report results of the performance evaluation of a new hardware correlator in Korea, the Daejeon correlator, developed by the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ). We conduct Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observations at 22 GHz with the Korean VLBI Network (KVN) in Korea and the VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry (VERA) in Japan, and correlated the aquired data with the Daejeon correlator. For evaluating the performance of the new hardware correlator, we compare the correlation outputs from the Daejeon correlator for KVN observations with those from a software correlator, the Distributed FX (DiFX). We investigate the correlated flux densities and brightness distributions of extragalactic compact radio sources. The comparison of the two correlator outputs shows that they are consistent with each other within < 8%, which is comparable with the amplitude calibration uncertainties of KVN observations at 22 GHz. We also find that the 8% difference in flux density is caused mainly by (a) the difference in the way of fringe phase tracking between the DiFX software correlator and the Daejeon hardware correlator, and (b) an unusual pattern (a double-layer pattern) of the amplitude correlation output from the Daejeon correlator. The visibility amplitude loss by the double-layer pattern is as small as 3%. We conclude that the new hardware correlator produces reasonable correlation outputs for continuum observations, which are consistent with the outputs from the DiFX software correlator.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.57.1-57.1
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• 2015

VLBI에서 관측 대역폭이 n배 증가될 경우 관측감도는 sqrt(n)만큼 향상되고, 이는 관측 연구 측면에서 기존에는 불가능하던 천체에 대한 연구 수행이 가능함을 의미한다. 관측 대역폭의 확대는 관측 데이터의 용량 증가를 의미하며 여기서 해당 데이터의 처리를 위한 초고속 데이터 기록시스템은 핵심적 역할을 한다. 이에 따라 현재 KVN에서는 미국 MIT Haystack 천문대에서 개발된 초고속 기록시스템인 Mark5B/B+와 Mark6를 운용 중에 있다. 하지만 이들 시스템의 경우 사실상 VLBI연구를 위한 목표로 특수 개발되었기에 유지 및 운영 측면에서 여러 불편이 있고, 성능에 있어서도 단일 스트림 기준으로 8Gbps를 넘지 못하는 한계를 안고 있다. 본 발표에서는 기존 시스템을 대체할 수 있는 기술로서 PCI 익스프레스 기반의 데이터 처리를 소개하고자 한다. 나아가 실제 관측 데이터에 대한 입출력 및 기존 시스템과의 성능 비교를 통해 광대역 관측 연구에 최적화된 기록 시스템을 제안하고자 한다.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.60.1-60.1
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• 2011

We present the preliminary results of the pilot observations for the fringe survey at 43 GHz with the VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry (VERA). The main goals of the fringe survey are to establish a full list of phase calibrators for the VERA dual-beam astrometric observations, and for the KVN multi-frequency phase referencing observations. We performed two 24 hours experiments as a pilot observation to test the feasibility of the fringe survey. Each source from a list of 220 sources has been observed in one scan for 2 minutes. 67 sources were detected with the SNR threshold of 3.5. The correlated flux densities of the detected sources are presented in four ranges of projected baseline lengths.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• v.1
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• pp.505-510
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• 2006

SVLBI (Space Very Long Baseline Interferometry) has some important potential applications in geodesy and geodynamics, for which one of the most difficult tasks is to precisely determine the orbit of SVLBI satellite. This paper studies several technologies which possibly will be able to determine the orbit of space VLBI satellite. And then, according to the sorts and characteristicsof satellite and the requirements for geodetic study and the geometry of GNSS (GPS, GALILEO) satellite to track the space VLBI satellite, the six Keplerian elements of SVLBI satellite (TEST-SVLBI) are determined. A program is designed to analyze the coverage area of the space of different heights by the stations of the network, with which the tracking network of TEST-SVLBI is designed. The efficiency of tracking TEST-SVLBI by the network is studied, and the results are presented.

• Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.45-52
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• 2014

This paper describes the development of algorithm for direct data transmission between Raw VLBI Data Buffer (RVDB) and Huge Capacity Data Server (HCDS) operated in Korea-Japan Correlation Center (KJCC). The transmitted data is the VLBI observation data, which is recorded at each radio telescope site, and the data transmitting rate is varying from 1 Gbps, in usual case, upto 8 Gbps. The developed algorithm for data transmission enables the direct data transmission between RVDB and HCDS through 10 Gbps optical network using VLBI Data Interchange Format (VDIF). Proposed method adopts the conventional UDP/IP protocol, but in order to prevent the loss of data during data transmission, the packet error monitoring and data re-transmission functions are newly designed. The VDIF specification and VDIFCP (VDIF Control Protocol) are used for the direct data transmission between RVDB and HCDS. To validate the developed algorithm for data transmission, we conducted the data transmission from RVDB to HCDS, and compared to the transmitted data with the original data bit by bit. We confirmed that the transmitted data is identical to the original data without any loss and it has been recovered well even if there were some packet losses.