A recent upgrade to a commercial cell phone tower near the U.S. National Science Foundation Very Large Array (NSF VLA) briefly disrupted some observations, but operations are back to normal following a cooperative effort between the NSF National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) and the wireless provider.In early 2025, the NSF NRAO was notified that a tower on Gray Hill, near the NSF VLA’s east arm, would be upgraded to add new LTE and 5G services transmitting at higher frequencies than p
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