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The technology behind this radio telescope including the receiving system and the tri-band feed horn is depicted. Since VLBI telescopes must operate at least in pairs, the existing 20 m diameter Radio Telescope Wettzell (RTW) is used together with TTW1 for practical tests. In addition, selected long baseline setups are investigated. Correlation results portraying the data quality achieved during first initial experiments are discussed. Finally, the local 123 m baseline between the old RTW telescope and the new TTW1 is analyzed and compared with an existing high-precision local survey. Our initial results are very satisfactory for X-band group delays featuring a 3D distance agreement between VLBI data analysis and local ties of 1 to 2 mm in the majority of the experiments. However, S-band data, which suffer much from local radio interference due to WiFi and mobile communications, are about 10 times less precise than X-band data and require further analysis, but evidence is provided that S-band data are well-usable over long baselines where local radio interference patterns decorrelate.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s150818767","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,7,30]],"date-time":"2015-07-30T11:21:59Z","timestamp":1438255319000},"page":"18767-18800","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Initial Results Obtained with the First TWIN VLBI Radio  Telescope at the Geodetic Observatory Wettzell"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Torben","family":"Sch\u00fcler","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Geodetic Observatory Wettzell, Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy, Sackenrieder Str. 25, 93444 Bad Koetzting, Germany"},{"name":"Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich,  85777 Neubiberg, Germany"}]},{"given":"Gerhard","family":"Kronschnabl","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Geodetic Observatory Wettzell, Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy, Sackenrieder Str. 25, 93444 Bad Koetzting, Germany"}]},{"given":"Christian","family":"Pl\u00f6tz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Geodetic Observatory Wettzell, Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy, Sackenrieder Str. 25, 93444 Bad Koetzting, Germany"}]},{"given":"Alexander","family":"Neidhardt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Geodetic Observatory Wettzell, Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, Sackenrieder Str. 25,  93444 Bad Koetzting, Germany"}]},{"given":"Alessandra","family":"Bertarini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn, Nu\u00dfallee 17, 53115 Bonn, Germany"},{"name":"Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Auf dem H\u00fcgel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany"}]},{"given":"Simone","family":"Bernhart","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn, Nu\u00dfallee 17, 53115 Bonn, Germany"}]},{"given":"Laura","family":"Porta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn, Nu\u00dfallee 17, 53115 Bonn, Germany"}]},{"given":"Sebastian","family":"Halsig","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn, Nu\u00dfallee 17, 53115 Bonn, Germany"}]},{"given":"Axel","family":"Nothnagel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn, Nu\u00dfallee 17, 53115 Bonn, Germany"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,7,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Campbell, J. 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