New Operations and maintenance engineer Magnus Thorebäck has started working with us in Kiruna this January. Magnus will be working as an Operations and maintenance engineer, both with the old EISCAT system and with the new EISCAT_3D system. Magnus comes from a background as self-employed in his own company since Read more…
Introduction EISCAT Scientific Association invites applications for observing time on the EISCAT facilities in 2021, by individual scientists, research groups, and consortia throughout the world on equal, competitive basis. This opportunity opens in total 200 h of experiment time for international, peer-reviewed competition, and is available for the use of Read more…
Updated on February 16, 2021 by Emma UnanderNine million SEK for research in popular science visualization of the atmosphere Data from EISCAT_3D will be used in a project run by Madelen Bodin director in Curiosum Science Center at Umeå University. The project aims to contribute to young people’s education and Read more…
Updated on December 9, 2020 by Emma UnanderNew recruitment in EISCAT Svalbard Trond Sandmo has started in October and will be working with the maintenance of the EISCAT Svalbard Radar (Svalbard, Norway). Trond has a degree as an engineer in electronics from Sør-Trøndelag University and has long experience from working Read more…
Updated on December 4, 2020 by Henrik AnderssonEISCAT3D: Manufacturing starts A major EISCAT3D milestone was recently achieved when the vendor, DA-Design Oy, Finland, started mass-production of the First Stage Receiver Unit (FSRU). The first production batch will amount to 119 FSRUs. Each FSRU comprise of 182 receiver channels and one Read more…
EISCAT and Oulu University have jointly opened a RfQ for EISCAT3D buildings to be constructed at three locations in Finland, Norway and Sweden. Companies can opt to bid for some or all of the buildings. For further information, see: http://www.eiscat.se/eiscat3d-information/tenders/ Deadline for offers: 17 December 2020
We received earlier in the week the first PSCU unit from Qamcom AB. This unit is for us to familiarise with the device prior to receiving the first article units.
In preparation for the coming EISCAT_3D buildings tendering, an information session will be held Friday 13 November, 2020, at 09:00 CET. For details and information about how to participate, see: http://www.eiscat.se/eiscat3d-information/tenders/
Updated on December 9, 2020 by Henrik AnderssonStatus 2020-12-04: Position filled We are hiring an Operations and Maintenance Engineer Now you have the chance to work in a very special and exciting environment. As the Operations and Maintenance Engineer at EISCAT you will work with our current radar systems and Read more…
As part of supplying the EISCAT_3D Skibotn system with power, two transformer huts are being constructed at the site. These huts will house the needed transformers that will feed power to the system. Pro Con Bygg AS won this tender and the construction works should be completed in October.
Updated on February 17, 2021 by Henrik AnderssonStatus update 17 february 2021: Five candidates have now been interviewed by the recruitment agency, Visindi AS, Norway. After considering the views of the agency, the committee decided to interview all five candidates. These interviews will be done in March. The committee decided Read more…
Updated on July 3, 2020 by Henrik AnderssonEISCAT 3D Skibotn The ground in Skibotn has now settled over winter and the contractor, ONOS AS and EISCAT representatives inspected the site 23 June 2020 for any damages. No issues were found so the contractor, ONOS, formally handed over their work to Read more…
Updated on June 9, 2020 by Henrik AnderssonFormer EISCAT Director, Prof. Jürgen Röttger, has passed away We are very sad to report the passing of Prof. Jürgen Röttger, EISCAT’s third Director, on Sunday, 31 May 2020. Prof. Röttger’s term as Director extended from 1986 through 1997 and his impact on Read more…
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 today, 12 March 2020.
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 supplier) and EISCAT. Various compliance tests will be done during Read more…