Irbene station report
2008 September

*Receiver
On the moment the C-band (5 GHz) relatively narrow band receiver is installed.
It consists of: 
1. input parametric amplifier
2. first frequency converter 5GHz to ~510 MHz (LO frequency 4500MHz) and first IF bandwidth about 80 MHz
3. second frequency converter 510 MHz to 160 MHz (LO frequency 350MHz) and second IF bandwidth 20 MHz taking to account all filters
4. third SSB frequency converter 160 MHz to video band 0...2 MHz (LO is adjustable) to be recorded by Mark2 terminal.
The system temperature is measured about 160...170 K.
The receiver was successfully tested during the Space debris radio location session  at 3-12 of September

C-band receiver from Medicina had been delivered successfully, but did not installed yet because of preparation works of front end room under the secondary focus for installation and some tuning and laboratory tests. 

*Mark5
Mark5 had been upgraded to Mark5B but purchase of last generation motherboard is preferable. 

*DBBC
DBBC was delivered at 2008, March. On the moment it has has 2 conditioning modules + 2 AD Boards + 1 Core module.
DBBC+Mark5B recording and autocorrelation tests have been made.
*Internet
The station is connected on 1Gbit/s. The test with JIVE has shown slightly less (about 950 Mbit). Tests with Mark 5 have shown less bandwidth possibly because of insufficient power of the motherboard.