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Introduction

Jicamarca Amigos

Users and friends of the Jicamarca Radio Observatory will be holding a workshop to review activities from the past year and to prepare for the upcoming one. Both long-duration and rapid response runs are increasingly being requested, and Jicamarca's response to these and other important programs, especially COSMIC and LISN, need to be discussed and planned. A number of new experimental modes are coming online at Jicamarca which need to be coordinated to optimize observing time. New hardware including more digital receivers, an absolute calibration system, SOUSY, the AMISR-7, and a long-baseline interferometer have appeared. The bistatic Jicamarca-Paracas link continues to run, and its exploitation also needs coordination. New optical apparatus may be coming to Jicamarca, and plans for an HF modification facility are taking shape. The status of educational activities like the visiting scientist program, the intern program, and the upcoming LISN school will be reviewed. Finally, science highlights from the past year will be presented.

Individuals interested in making a short presentation should email Dave Hysell or Koki Chau.

Agenda:

Jorge Chau --- news, updates, and latest results
Jonathan Makela --- optical and radar observations of equatorial spread-f
John Meriwether --- new results from Arequipa on the MTM
John Meriwether --- simultaneous measurements of ion drifts and thermospheric neutral winds
Akshay Malhorta --- summer program experiences
Meers Oppenheim --- latest Farley Buneman simulations
Joe Huba --- latest spread F simulations
Marco Milla --- Status report on modeling the ISR spectrum perpendicular to the magnetic field
Fabiano Rodrigues --- proton gyroresonance and improved electron density observations at Jicamarca
Erhan Kudeki --- MST-ISR mode of calibrated D-region backscatter observations
Gary Swenson --- plans for new optical instruments in Peru
Dave Hysell --- latest full profile analysis results
All --- scheduling discussion