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Instructions for proposals for RxB3, RxW and SCUBA for Semester
95B The builders have assured us that barring unforeseen problems, RxB3 will be
commissioned in semester 95A. However, until the receiver has passed its commissioning tests,
acceptance and subsequent commissioning it will not be available for astronomy. Users should
propose B-band observations with RxB3i. The delivery date of RxW to the telescope is still not
known due to uncertainty in the delivery of the D-band oscillator. No proposals will therefore be
accepted for RxW for semester 95B. When it is commissioned, C-band proposals which have
already been allocated time will be undertaken using RxW. Notification of D-band observations to be
undertaken in SERVICE mode will be made at a later date. SCUBA is very much in the same
category; although we certainly expect to begin commissioning during the semester, the precise dates
are still vague and to some extent will depend on the delivery schedule of RxW. No proposals
for SCUBA will be accepted for 95B and so proposals to use UKT14 should continue. As I
indicated in the previous Newsletter, the first observations with SCUBA will be undertaken in a
serviced mode by members of the commissioning team and users will be notified by e-mail exploder
and the WWW of what type of proposals to submit for these 'shared risk' observations.
Ian Robson / Director JCMT
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