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The first test-riometer in place: Oct. 2002	Peter Chapman (Lanc.), making the first site scans: Nov. 2002
The first test setup at the site in 2002 - 2003	Winter testing at the AIRIS site in 2003/2004
Autum 2003: Riometer test antenna	The first AIRIS site preparations in 2004
The anchors are being placed out	The concrete tube for the support posts (1.2 m deep)
One of the array steel wire anchors (100 kg)	More anchors...
The support posts are being erected: May 2005	An overview of the construction works: May 19th 2005
The ground mesh is being unloaded: June 6^th, 2005	June 7^th: The ground mesh is now in place!
Aug. 8^Th: The first array eyebolt in place!	Genesis' Eugene's working on the anchor wires...
Antenna elements – ready for deployment...	The definitive AIRIS array centerpoint!
More antenna-parts...	Finally! Aug. 8^Th: The two diagonals are installed!
Aug. 11th: The antenna is growing now!	Aug. 11th: The center dipole and balun
Mark and Eugene are small against the array	One of the 64 AIRIS baluns...
Aug. 15th: Peter Chapman's searching for noise...	Aug. 15th: Eugene's working on the feeder cables...
Aug. 15th: Mark and Peter are tuning the baluns...	Aug. 15th: Peter's found the noise source!
Aug. 19th: 37.885 MHz noise! We must get rid of it!	Aug. 19th: Peter and Mark's chatting along...
Aug. 19th: Feeder cable roll-out...	Aug. 19th: Dipole isolator and bird prevention line.
Aug. 19th: The AIRIS pets.	Aug. 20th: 64 feeder cables in place.
Aug. 20th: AIRIS feeder cable entry point.	Aug. 20th: One of the 64 masthead pre-amp. boxes is being prepared.
Aug. 20th: All 64 measthead pre-amp boxes in place	Aug. 25th: The equipment hut...
Aug. 25th: Feeder cable and masthead ampl. box	Aug. 25th: Top of one dipole
Aug. 25th: The AIRIS array overview...	Aug. 25th: A closer look! The array is done now.
Jan. 17th 2006: The AIRIS reciever rack in operation