GTAC Observation Log 1. Date : 29/12/2013 2. Observation Sr. No. : 6866 3. Observer : Nimisha Kantharia,Nirupam Roy,G.C. Anupama,Prasun Dutta,Ashok Madhav Nagarhalli,Dipankar Banerjee 4. Observer's Email : ngk@ncra.tifr.res.in,roy.nirupam@gmail.com,gca@iiap.res.in,prasundutta151@gmail.com,ashok@prl.res.in,orion@prl.res.in 5. Project Name : Search for radio emission at frequencies less than 1 GHz from Galactic Novae with GMRT - GNovaG 6. Project Code : 25_041 7. Operator(s) : Nilesh,Surender 8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/ngk/25_041-29dec13-1.cmd,/odisk/gtac/cmd/ngk/25_041-29dec13-2.cmd 9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata/29dec/25_041_29dec2013.lta, 10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/25_041.FLAGS.1, ANTENNA SETTINGS : 11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 591 MHz ,RF2 : 591 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB 12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 540 MHz, ILO2 : 540 MHz , IVLO1 : 51 MHz, IVLO2 : 51 MHz 13. IF Attn(dB) , IF BW(MHz) & IF ALC : IF-CH1 : 4+12 dB, 32 MHz,ON, IF-CH2 : 4+12 dB, 32 MHz,ON GSB SETTINGS : 14. GSB Mode : Realtime 15. GSB LTA : 8 16. GSB CTRL : ONLINE 17. GSB Fstop : ON 18. GAIN EQ : ON 19. Stokes : TotIntensity 20. Beam - 1 : OFF 21. Beam - 2 : OFF 22. ACQ BW : 33.33 MHz 23. Final BW : 33.333333 MHz; Step # 0 24. Maximum Channels : 256 25. Channel Numbers : 0:255:1 26. LO5 -1 : 149.00 27. LO5 -2 : 156.00 28. Frequency Parameters (TPA) : 591 591 540 540 51 51. 29. Integration Time : 16.106112 Sec. 30. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the begining :29 31. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) : C02 : MCM 5 time out. 32. Note for Backup : 33. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 07:25 - 14:00 34. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri 35. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :28 36. Comments (During Observations) : 07:25 : Started set-up. 07:37 : Started scan on 3C286. 08:02 : Stopped scan. 08:07 : Started command file. 08:15 : E05 applied brakes. 09:00 : W02 taken for painting. 09:32 : C10 taken for painting. 10:13 : Power glitch for all antennas, stopped command file. 10:30 : E05 released for observation. 10:33 : Settings done, and started scan on 1830-360. 10:40 : C12 No Fringe. 10:44 : Re-started command file. 11:17 : C12 Started working. 12:02 : Stopped command file. 12:07 : Started scan on 3C286 for 10min. 12:08 : C02 released for observation. 12:17 : Started command file. '/odisk/gtac/cmd/ngk/25_041-29dec13-2.cmd' 14:00 : Stopped command file and observing session is over.