2MTF II. New Parkes 21-cm observations of 303 southern galaxies
  We present new 21-cm neutral hydrogen (HI) observations of spiral galaxies
for the 2MASS Tully Fisher (2MTF) survey. Using the 64-m Parkes radio telescope
multibeam system we obtain 152 high signal-to-noise HI spectra from which we
extract 148 high-accuracy (< 5% error) velocity widths and derive reliable
rotation velocities. The observed sample consists of 303 southern (\delta <
-40\deg) galaxies selected from the MASS Redshift Survey (2MRS) with K_s <11.25
mag, cz < 10,000 km/s and axis ratio b/a < 0.5. The HI observations reported in
this paper will be combined with new HI spectra from the Green Bank and Arecibo
telescopes, together producing the most uniform Tully-Fisher survey ever
constructed (in terms of sky coverage). In particular, due to its near infrared
selection, 2MTF will be significantly more complete at low Galactic latitude
(|b|<15\deg) and will provide a more reliable map of peculiar velocities in the
local universe.
