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A new-generation automated control system of the antenna in two sectors of the RATAN-600 circular reflector was put into regular operation. The reliability and dynamics of the system were increased by 10 times, while the accuracy and repeatability doubled. This allows measuring the flux densities of radio sources in the shortwave range with an accuracy of about 1%. In 1995, 8000 observations were made at the level of system failures of less than 0.2%.
Alignment and stabilization of the surface (225 elements) of the RATAN-600 northern sector were performed, resulting in the RMS surface accuracy increase from 1.0-1.3 mm to 0.18 mm. This has augmented the effective area of the northern sector by 70% at the wavelength of 1.38 cm. The achieved parameters improve the efficiency of the observing time usage at RATAN-600 in the shortwave range by several times.
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