All input amplifiers and waveguides are cooled down to 15 and 50 K respectively. The 32m antenna with its high quality auxiliary instrumentation provides Polish astronomers with the unique tool to study the Cosmos. This new instrument and the involvement of Polish radio astronomers into international co-operation resulted in the flowering of radio research. VLBI studies of distant galaxies and quasars, the search for new planetary systems around pulsars, the study of interstellar and stellar molecules are the subjects to be mentioned here. The importance of the Torun 32m has been recognised in the astronomical community.
Radio astronomy is a very challenging area of modern research for a country like Poland.
The instrument is intended for use by all Polish astronomers as a national facility.