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Conditions for the next summer period

As every year, we plan to carry out extensive technical work during the summer semester, including the regular maintenance of the antennas. Further work will also be done on the reduction of the sun avoidance circle. During this period, regular scientific observations will therefore mostly be carried out with the five element array. We plan to start the maintenance at the latest by the end of May and to schedule the D configuration between June and October.

We strongly encourage observers to submit proposals that can be executed during summer operating conditions. To keep the procedure as simple as possible, we ask to focus on:

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observations requesting the use of the 2mm and 3mm receivers
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circumpolar sources or sources transiting at night between June and September,
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observations that qualify for the 5D, 6D, and 6C configurations



Clemens Thum 2008-02-15