OPERATION OF THE LNL ECR ION SOURCE

The completion of a 350 kV high voltage platform intended to preaccelerate the beam from an Electron Cyclotron Res- onance Ion Source for injection into the novel supercon- ductive accelerator PIAVE is reviewed. A few test beams were produced; in particular 129Xe18+ was very convenient for realistic test of the following beam lines; an optimised multipole corrector (successfully used) is described. Ovens are being tested for bismuth beam production. Some com- parison between plasma chamber of different diameter is given. Plasma noise, FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) spectra of ion beam and scans of ion species are briefly discussed.