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TY - CONF AU - Ramberger, S. AU - Wegner, R. ED - McIntosh, Peter ED - Burt, Graeme ED - Apsimon, Robert ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. TI - First Years of Linac4 RF Operation J2 - Proc. of LINAC2022, Liverpool, UK, 28 August-02 September 2022 CY - Liverpool, UK T2 - International Linear Accelerator Conference T3 - 31 LA - english AB - Following the construction, commissioning, run-in, and connection, in 2021 Linac4 at CERN saw its successful start-up to full operation. Being composed primarily of RF systems, occupying most of the tunnel and the equipment hall, a coordinated effort has been put in place by 4 RF teams providing cavities, amplifier chains, low-level RF and general control systems. While all parts came together with impressive performance from day one, many details required a considerable debugging effort to achieve the requested availability of at least 95% from first operation in the synchrotron complex. This talk will focus on issues in equipment reliability, radiation to electronics, thermal stability, systems interaction, as well as a few aspects of complex low-level RF setup. It will also discuss decisions taken with respect to spare policies and upgrades for the coming years. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 25 EP - 30 KW - linac KW - operation KW - klystron KW - controls KW - rfq DA - 2022/09 PY - 2022 SN - 2226-0366 SN - 978-3-95450-215-8 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-MO1PA03 UR - https://jacow.org/linac2022/papers/mo1pa03.pdf ER -