Next: The IF/LO System Up: Minutes of the 1st Previous: Front End Optics . ... The NAIC effort includes: antenna controls, IF/LO system, backend(s), data acquisition and archiving . ... Backends (hardware and software) [first set of 100 MHz WAPPS, now have 4; need 7 or possibly 8, thought to expand to 200 MHz but not current priority] . ... Data-reduction software will be developed entirely by the respective consortia and will be made available to AO and users ALFA will be maintained by NAIC. ...