1. The Progress Report for KVN Construction Seog-Tae Han and KVN staffs Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute March18 th 2009

2. Outline - Overview of KVN - Antenna construction - Receivers and their test results - DAS(Data Acquisition System) - Future plan and Summary

3. Seoul (Yonsei) Ulsan (Ulsan) Jeju(Tamna) 2001 ~ 2008 3 stations with 21m radio telescopes - Cassegrain type 22,43,86 and 129GHz band Receiver - Simultaneous observation of four bands - first proposed in the world Digital DAS system has been completed Correlators will be completed in 2010 Millimeter-wave VLBI Astronomy Overview of KVN

4. KVN Yonsei Observatory (Yonsei University at Seoul)

5. KVN Ulsan Observatory (Ulsan University)

6. KVN Tamna Observatory (Tamna University)

7. Efficiency (%) EL (°) RemarkT B * (K) Aperture efficiencies at 22GHz Venus68(70)30LPF2505+-25** Aperture efficiencies at 43GHz Venus68.8(70)32LPF2450+-32 Aperture efficiencies at 100GHz Venus5140 Aperture efficiencies Pointing Accuracy - 4 arcsec at 100GHz

8. Outline - Receivers and their test results

9. ( 단위 : 백만원 ) Quasi-optical circuit for Multi-band receivers

10. ( 단위 : 백만원 ) Quasi-optical circuit installed at receiver room of antenna Quasi-optical circuit installed at receiver room of antenna M5 Cal chopper 22GHz RX 43GHz RX M4 M1 M2 M3

11. 43GHz ( Black ) The Pointing offset between 22GHz and 43GHz band at Jupiter 22GHz ( Red )

12. Orion-KL H 2 O and S i O Maser Line Simultaneous Observation Results !!!!! on October 28 th 2008

13. East Asian VLBI Network with KVN Yonsei Univ. Mizusawa

14. W49N H 2 O maser Star formation region W49N H 2 O Maser Dater : 2008. 11. 1. Honma et al.(2008)

15. Development of 22GHz receiver RHCPLHCP LNAs Polarizer & OMT Isolator

16. Development of 22GHz receiver IF converter 22GHz down to 9GHz/2GHz Amplitude and phase Calibrator for receiver

17. Development of 43GHz receiver Isolator RHCPLHCPLNAs Polarizer & OMT M&C Local osc

18. KVN Down Converter Properties Input Frequency : 8-10 GHz Output Frequency : 512-1024 MHz LO Frequency : 8.7-10.8 GHz, LSB Number of Channel : 4 Channel Output Power : ~ 0 dBm Headroom : > 20 dB

19. Receiver Noise temperature of 22GHz and 43GHz band Receivers

20. Q-band HEMT amplifier from NRAO Expected Receiver noise temperature : 35~40K

21. Outline - DAS(Data Acquisition System)

22. DAS (Data Acquisition System) 4 channels Analog Inputs( 750MHz/500MHz IFs of 22, 43, 86, 129GHz ) 4 channels 2Gbps(500MHz) samplers 1Gbps recorder (MK5B) 256MHz, 128NHz,64MHz, 32MHz,16MHz and 8MHz 500MHz 4 channels digital spectrometers - single antenna observation mode It has been completed for 3 stations

23. Digital Spectrometer Mode 1. Wide band mode - 512MHz X 4 bands ( 22,43,86,129GHz) @4096ch. 2. Narrow band mode - 256MHz, 128MHz, 64MHz, 32MHz, 16MHz, 8MHz Digital Filter mode

24. Outline - Future plan and Summary

25. Timeline for system development 2008200920102011 Optics 86/129G 22GHz 43GHz 86GHz 129GHz Phase cal. System

26. Summary and Discussion - Simultaneous observation for 22/43GHz and VLBI Observation between KVN and VERA successfully have been performed - Aperture efficiency : 51%@100GHz - Pointing accuarcy : 4”@ 100GHzx - 22/43GHz Receivers will be installed at KVN Ulsan and Tamna observatories in this year - 86GHz and 129GHz will be completed until 2011.

27. Thanks for your attention