ALMA Bilateral Correlator, October 2008

In October 2008, the first quadrant of the ALMA bilateral correlator, which could serve 16 antenna stations, is being wired for duty at the AOS Technical Building at the 16,500 foot site. Thirteen hundred cables were installed and tested in the oxygenated correlator room of the building; automated software detected two interchanged cables, which were quickly corrected. In Charlottesville, testing was ongoing on the correlator's second quadrant, which was installed in 2009 and could serve 32 antenna stations, and the third quadrant was being assembled. Left to right in this photo: Lorenzo Martinez-Conde, Rodrigo Araya, Alejandro Saez, Sebastian Argandoña.

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