VLBI equipment: No works have been done in the VLBI equipment since
the last TOG in the OAN.

GPS: We moved the GPS antenna to a new location, the top of the
weather station, where there is better view of the whole sky than the
older one. The new location required to install an optical fiber
between the antenna and the receiver in the 40m dish (500 m away). We
returned the GPS antenna to the old location because we could not move
the maser to the 40m yet since the works continue there and ocassional
electrical power cuts may occur. We expect to move the equipment from
the 14m to the 40m next summer.

FS: We installed version 9.7.7 on a computer running Debian Sarge
which we replaced some months ago. The installation required
installing an old version of flex. This FS version shows problems
compiling drudg, while version 9.8.1 does not show these problems.

40m radiotelescope: The 40m radiotelescope schedule has been delayed
several months. Man Techonologie has discovered that the backstructure
of the 40m antenna needs to be reinforced to guarantee the proposed
lifetime. This has led to some months delay. We do not expect that the
telescope will be available before the end of this year.

eVLBI: The IGN, on behalf of the OAN, has signed the Express
contract. We intend to start a contract for three years to connect the
radiotelescope to GEANT at 2.5 Gb/s. This connection should be started
by the end of 2006 and it would be operative in March 2007.