VLBI suvey around B0218+357 at 90cm

The survey area consists of two overlapping 28deg^2^ fields centered on the quasar J0226+3421 and the gravitational lens B0218+357. A total of 618 sources were targeted in these fields, based on identifications from Westerbork Northern Sky Survey (WENSS) data.

Of these sources, 272 had flux densities that, if unresolved, would fall above the sensitivity limit of the VLBI observations. A total of 27 sources were detected as far as 2{deg} from the phase center. The results of the survey suggest that at least 10% of moderately faint (S~100mJy) sources found at 90 cm contain compact components smaller than ~0.1"-0.3" and stronger than 10% of their total flux densities.