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06-06-2007placement of the first LOFAR HBA antennas on CS10
| Submitter: | Arie Huijgen |
| Description: | Description. Last week 6 HBA tiles have been placed on the HBA test field of LOFAR core station 10 in Exloo. Each tile contains 16 dual-polarized HBA antennas. Together with 30 older prototypes of HBA antennas they form the current HBA test field. 1. Unloading the truck (a truck carries 6 halve tiles) 2. Transport of 3 half tiles to the test field 3. Transport of the ground planes to the test field 4. Placement of a half tile to be ready for assemblage 5. Waiting for the other half tile (3 tiles already completed) 6. Placement of the half tile: assemblage can start 7. Assembling 2 half tiles to a complete one 8. Placement of the complete tile on the final location 9. The HBA test field as seen from the other site (on the background placement of the tiles) |
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