CEDAR email: Fwd: [Ext] Release of 3rd tranche of deprecated Trimble NetRS instruments

[Seebany Datta-Barua]

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From: Glen Mattioli <mattioli at unavco.org>
Date: Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 2:16 PM
Subject: [Ext] Release of 3rd tranche of deprecated Trimble NetRS
instruments
To: <unav_all at postal.unavco.org>


Dear Colleagues,

UNAVCO is pleased to announce a third opportunity for community members to
request deprecated end-of-life, end-of-service Trimble NetRS instruments.
The first opportunity was announced and executed in late 2017 and the
second opportunity was announced and executed in late 2019, based on
approval from the NSF to make Trimble NetRS GPS instruments that are no
longer in service available to UNAVCO community members.

This announcement represents the release of a third tranche of deprecated
Trimble NetRS instruments. Similar to the 2017 and 2019 opportunities,
these instruments were in the EAR and OPP receiver pools and geodetic
networks operated by UNAVCO for NSF. The largest number of instruments are
from upgrades to the GAGE Facility Network of the Americas (NOTA) stations,
which have been replaced with new, state-of-the-art multi-constellation
GNSS instruments.

In 2017 and 2019, the Geodetic Infrastructure Advisory Committee (GI AC)
recommended criteria and a protocol for distribution. Both the 2017 and
2019 actions were also approved by the UNAVCO Board of Directors. This
process was reviewed, modified, and endorsed again by the GI AC during its
October 13-14, 2022, meeting and approved by the UNAVCO Board during its
October 27-28, 2022, meeting.

UNAVCO no longer has any geodetic antennas for this third release. Requests
will only be accepted through the UNAVCO Project Support Request website.
Only instruments that are currently functioning will be made available to
the community. Note that all allocations will be made caveat emptor; no
UNAVCO repair or warranty services will be provided. The deprecated
instruments, some other auxiliary equipment, will be allocated as outlined
below.

The following protocol and guidelines for prioritization were established
in 2017; these remain in place for the third tranche of instruments, with
some minor modification:

1) The opportunity to request Trimble NetRS receivers will be open to all
UNAVCO Member and Associate Member academic institutions. In addition,
UNAVCO will also consider applications from non-member, US principally
undergraduate institutions that currently have or would like to establish
GPS data acquisition as part of the curriculum.

2) Interested PIs must submit the request and a 400 word summary of the
intended use of the requested instruments (at
https://med.unavco.org/newproject/supportform.aspx select “Deprecated
Trimble NetRS GPS receivers" and enter text under “Project
Description/Goals"). This justification should describe clearly and
succinctly whether the instruments will be used to support teaching,
research, or both, and how many and what type of student (e.g.
undergraduate or graduate) would be impacted.

3) Data and metadata collected in support of any research activities will
be submitted by PIs to the UNAVCO archive for long-term curation.

4) The minimum filled request will be for 5 receivers for any individual
PI, with the maximum cumulative requests being up to 20 receivers. If
needed and requested, UNAVCO will attempt to provide dongles (power and
communications), etc. Requests by specific PIs for more than 20 receivers
may be considered by UNAVCO senior management, if a compelling case is made
for a specific project.

5) All shipping costs are to be borne by the institution granted an
allotment of GPS instruments and any associated additional equipment;
successful applicants will be contacted for a FedEx number.

6) Instruments are being provided “as is” with no explicit or implicit
future obligation by UNAVCO for continued support or maintenance.

UNAVCO will begin reviewing applications received through the PSR system on
Wednesday, November 2, 2022 and plans to make the first allotment of
instruments available beginning Wednesday, November 16, 2022 with the goal
of completing the third tranche by Friday, December 30, 2022.
Glen S. Mattioli, Ph.D.
Director of Geodetic Infrastructure
UNAVCO, Inc.
6350 Nautilus Drive
Boulder, CO 80301-5394
303-381-7554

https://www.unavco.org
mattioli at unavco.org
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