TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 8154 SUBJECT: Radio Detection of SGR 0501+4516: Retraction DATE: 08/08/28 14:02:44 GMT FROM: Dale A. Frail at NRAO D. A. Frail and S. R. Kulkarni report: We have re-analyzed the VLA data taken at the VLA on 2008 August 24 and 25. We were unable to confirm the detection reported early by Kulkarni & Frail (GCN 8130). The radio source seen in the second epoch appears to be spurious, an artifact of the observing method, missed in the initial data reduction. Combining all data from August 24 and 25, the final limits on the flux density at the position of the SGR are: 43 +/- 400 uJy (1.43 GHz) -12 +/- 23 uJy (8.46 GHz)