Due to rapid spread of the coronavirus and the risk of it affecting our staff and local services in Longyearbyen, we have for system- and staff safety reasons, decided to stop all operations on Svalbard effective from 18:00 local time Read more…
The first 32 units of the transmitter system were delivered to the EISCAT test site 10 March 2020. The units were installed in the EISCAT_3D equipment container and some initial tests were supervised by teams both from DA-Design Oy (the Read more…
Updated on December 9, 2020 by Emma UnanderViktoria Söderlind This week Viktoria Söderlind started working with us here at EISCAT Headquarters. Viktoria will replace Emma during her parental leave. Viktoria will be working in administration, mainly with the daily accounting, Read more…
The Questions & Answers period for the BUILDINGS procurement has now ended. Deadline for offers: 1 March 2020 We have also a tender out for electrical installation consultancy in Norway. See EISCAT3D tenders for more details. Deadline for offers: 25 Read more…
The procurement of the buildings needed for our EISCAT_3D antenna stations in Finland, Norway and Sweden has now started. In short, we need 3 x site buildings with some specialities and 3 x garages. See https://eiscat.se/business/tenders/e3ds1-buildings/ for details
The first article of the E3D receiver, the First Stage Receiver Unit, was recently shipped from the vendor, DA-Design in Finland, to the EISCAT_3D test site in Kiruna. After unpacking and initial power up checks, it was moved to the Read more…
The ground works done in Finland and Norway this summer are soon being completed – just in time before snow comes– as planned. Both the Skibotn and Karesuvanto sites will now rest over winter. Next spring, buildings will be constructed, Read more…
Updated on October 15, 2019 by Emma Unander Have a look at our Tromsø site This is the EISCAT Tromsø site. Here we have different antenna installations. The parabolic dish, UHF, the curved and square VHF antenna, the first EISCAT_3D Read more…
Take a quick tour around the EISCAT Kiruna site We got some snow here in Kiruna. It fell the last day of September, which are a bit early even for us, and it seems to be staying.
Updated on December 9, 2020 by Emma Unander Four new talents for the EISCAT_3D project This autumn, four new colleagues have joined us, here at EISCAT Headquarters. Algorithms Engineer The position as Algorithms Engineer went to Esa Wikström, from Kiruna. Read more…
The Skibotn site Roads around the EISCAT 3D Skibotn site are starting to take shape. The ground is getting prepared to handle the weight of the antenna field that is going to be placed in the middle of the area.
DA-Design Oy has now assembled the first FSRU. After factory tests, it will be shipped to EISCAT for First Article Testing in Kiruna.
Ground works for the Finnish EISCAT_3D site has not started yet. The areal-photo shows the location of the site (the old gravel pit in the centre of the photo). In the far distance you see the Karesuvanto village and the Read more…
Ground works for the Finnish EISCAT_3D site has not started yet. The areal-photo shows the location of the site (the old gravel pit in the centre of the photo). In the far distance you see the Karesuvanto village and the Read more…
The EISCAT_3D site itself will only occupy 120×120 meters but extensive works need to be done to secure the area from land-slide risks. For that work, we need to build a temporary construction road to be used to transport material Read more…