News from JIV-ERIC: Ghana and South Africa have announced the first successful detection of fringes during a VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) test experiment with the European VLBI Network (EVN). A 32 metre converted telecommunications antenna at Kutunse, Ghana, was used in the ‘first fringe’ detection. The experiment is one of three positive detections, with the other two successes including methanol maser detection and pulsar observations. This is an exciting milestone in the development of the African VLBI Network (AVN), and indicates that the Kutunse antenna can be used as a radio telescope for single dish observations and as part of a VLBI network. Read more here