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Gerhard Kronschnabl and Alexander Neidhardt - 24 Feb 2016
HartRAO
Current status: Civil works have been completed with the last of the painting finished in April. The first batch of containers have arrived from China and Germany this last week (19 and 20 April). The azimuth and elevation cabin is expected to arrive on site in the first week of May.At the moment the assembly team from CETC54 and MT Mechatronics are on site and the assembly work will take place during the next 3 monthsThe assembly of the main reflector is underway with the quadrupod and sub-reflector to be mounted in the next few weeks.
The big lift is expected to happen around the week of the 12th of June.
Photos from HartRAO VGOS site (21 April 22 May 2017)
Currently there is a camera installed on site, however there is no network connectivity yetnetwork access has been established to the site but not yet to the camera. For updated videos and photos please visit (I have unfortunately not had time to update these photos and videos recently though we are working towards getting a live stream feed operational within the next month - before the big lift):
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Philip Mey - 21 Apr 24 May 2017
Ishioka
- Operation of Ishioka antenna is now under interruption because of construction of operation building, and will resume after April.
- Modification of cryogenic dewar for QRFH system is being done.
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