In the research center Rossendorf, the radiation source ELBE, based on a super conducting LINAC, is under construction. In the year 2001 the first accelerating module was commissioned. The electron beam parameters like emittance, bunch length, energy spread were measured. Here we present results of the measurements as well as the methods used to make the measurements. In the ELBE injector, where electron beam energy is 250 keV, the emittance was measured with the aid of a multislit device. Emittance of the accelerated beam was measured by means of quadrupole scan method and is 8 mmxmrad at 77 pC bunch charge. Electron, bunch length was measured using the coherent transition radiation technique. At the maximum design bunch charge of 77 pC the RMS bunch length was measured to be 2 ps. A set of online diagnostic systems is also under development. One these include a system of stripline beam position monitors is also described here. A BPM resolution of about 10 Pm was achieved using logarithmic amplifier as the core element of the BPM electronics. A system of beam loss monitors based on the RF Heliax cable working as an ionization chamber is intended to be another online diagnostic system.
