The number of spare parts needed was underestimated, more will be ordered with the next series. Shipping of boxes and spare parts will be made easier. Response time from RIPE NCCs side will also be improved. A design document has been written, now looking for products. Possible candidates are Trimble's Palisade and AccutimeII which meet all requirements.
Tests are in progress.
It has always been the policy that hosts can get copy of all data send and received by their. In the past months we have seen first requests for this. In the next few weeks, the plots on the web site will all be created with the new look. It is now being rewritten, using an SQL database, and expected to be ready in a few weeks. Functionality will be the same, the user interface will not change.