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29-07-2009
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Status of the LOFAR station roll-out

Submitter: Andre Gunst
Description: This is a status overview of the LOFAR station roll out. Each field for the astronomical applications consists of a cabinet for the station electronics, a Low Band Antenna (LBA) field and a High Band Antenna (HBA) field.

As soon as the station cabinet is in place a fibre can be connected to the station. Next in line is to setup the connection to the CEntral Processing (CEP) systems in Groningen via the concentrator node.

If all works fine, the station validation can be done partly remotely. When green light is given, the station can be used for regular observations and the users/commissioners can chew on the enormous amount of data generated.

In parallel with the Dutch Core Stations (CS) and Remote Stations (RS) also the International stations are built.

Not shown in this table are the Non Astronomical Applications (NAA).
Copyright: LOFAR team
 
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