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 The VLA EoR Extension Program 
Mapping the Cosmological Epoch of Reionization:
Discovering the Earliest Structures in the Universe
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  • MILESTONES

  • VLA First Light at 200 MHz
    (antenna 6; 03/09/05)

  • First 200 MHz fringes
  • (Virgo A; antennas 6-17; 03/21/05)

  • First 200 MHz Image
    (3C147; daytime; 8 minutes; antennas 8, 17, 26; 05/20/05)

  • Deep integration piercing the RFI "haze" of TV channel 10!!  (zoom)
  • (The field around 3C295 after 6h at night - 3 antennas; 06/10,07/04/05)

  • Successful internal test and design review at NRAO (07/25/05)
  • Presentation to the NRAO Panel  Oral   Written

  • Successful 1st review by the NRAO Large Proposal Review Committee (08/25/05)

  • Completed installation of 5-element subarray with production grade receivers.
    Use of "2-band" receivers integrated into VLA observing system transparently. (01/06/06)
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