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Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Beacon satellites and KAIRA
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150 MHz beacon satellite COSMOS 2454 drifting through a stationary beam pointed at direction of closest approach. As we are slowly star...
The LBA cable mausoleum
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As we've seen recently, we've been adapting cables to get the suitable lengths. However, these lengths are still fixed, and the ante...
Monday, 30 July 2012
A new view from Saana
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A few days back, some of the team went for a hike up Saana Mountain. From near the summit, it is possible to get a good view of the KAIRA si...
Cutting new cables
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In yesterday's post, we went through the reasons why we need particular lengths and how we were going to optimise the cable deployment. ...
Sunday, 29 July 2012
The cable plan
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When we designed the LBA array, the original plan was to locate it on the tundra field to the northeast of the HBA array. As we have reporte...
Saturday, 28 July 2012
Drawing the line
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The LBA-cable-mausoleum (also known as the "Postila mausoleum") is getting pretty full these days. With more and more aerials bein...
Friday, 27 July 2012
LBA installation progress — 27-Jul-2012
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We've done it! At last the final LOFAR LBA aerials have been erected on the field. All 48 are now in place and the field is looking pret...
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