Achievements in reporting period:

• List of activities organised during reporting period

Design and/or development of devices (mHEMTs, MMICs, LNAs, SIS junction, HEB devices, mixer block and coupler prototypes) are going well.

• Meetings attended – both meetings for NA organisation or meetings on behalf of RadioNet

RadioNet end of the year 2009 meetin in Oxford attended by all groups. International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technologies (Oxford, March 2010) was attended by several AMSTAR+ collaborators.

Problems / Issues

• Issues - organisational, administrative or other problems foreseen

Question of “total budget” for a few institutes: AMSTAR+ “total budget” has been increased from 1.92 to 2.07 Me with respect to end of 2008 tables. This increase impacts only a few institutes, mostly IRAM (+130 ke). Could be a problem. EU funding remains the same.

• Red flags - major problems

None. Person-month and other expenditures more or less as foreseen, except for a few institutes that had a slow start because of late funding.

Forward Look

• Plan for next year – 12 month outlook, more detail in first 6 month (including budget for each planned meeting/workshop)

Continuation of R&D work as planned.

• Expected milestones/deliverables

Some prototype devices should be ready and tested in Q4 2010. Results should be made avilable.