TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 8168 SUBJECT: Recent VLA non-detection of SGR 0501+4516 DATE: 08/09/02 18:17:02 GMT FROM: Joseph Gelfand at NYU/NSF Joseph D. Gelfand (NYU / NSF), Gregory Taylor (UNM), Chryssa Kouveliotou (NASA/MSFC), Bryan Gaensler (U. Sydney), and Alexander J. van der Horst (NASA/ORAU) report: A VLA observation of SGR 0501+4516 (GCN 8113) on 2008 August 31 between 1109 UT and 1358 UT did not detect a radio source at the position reported in GCN 8148 at 4.8 GHz, the only frequency used during this observation. The resultant five sigma upper-limit on the radio emission during this period is < 0.1 mJy (rms = 20 uJy). We would like to thank NRAO for promptly scheduling these VLA observations.