GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 29/10/2018
2. Observation Sr. No. : 10608
3. Observer : Fabian Jankowski, Evan Francis Keane
4. Observer's Email : fabian.jankowski@manchester.ac.uk, evan.keane@gmail.com
5. Project Name : Follow-up of pulsars with spectral features with the upgraded GMRT
6. Project Code : 35_020
7. Operator(s) : Pramod, Rupsing, Sachin
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/35_020/29oct18_1/29oct18.cmd
9. LTA File : /gwbifrdata/29oct/35_020_suba4_gablo_1460_29oct18_gwb.lta, /gwbifrdata/29oct/35_020A_suba2_gablo_500_29oct18_gwb.lta, /gwbifrdata1/29oct/35_020_1460_29oct18_gwb.lta, /gwbifrdata2/29oct/35_020_500_29oct18_gwb.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/PNTG.FLAGS.2931

ANTENNA SETTINGS :

11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 1371 MHz ,RF2 : 1371 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB
12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 1320 MHz, ILO2 : 1320MHz , IVLO1 : 51 MHz, IVLO2 : 51 MHz 
13. IF Attn(dB) , IF BW(MHz) & IF ALC : IF-CH1 : 4+14 dB, 32 MHz,ON, IF-CH2 : 4+14 dB, 32 MHz,ON

GSB SETTINGS :

14. GSB Host : gsbm1_shivneri
15. GSB Mode : Realtime
16. GSB LTA : 8
17. GSB CTRL : ONLINE
18. GSB Fstop : ON
19. GAIN EQ : ON
20. Stokes : Total_Intensity
21. Beam - 1 : OFF
22. Beam - 2 : OFF
23. ACQ BW : 33.333333 MHz
24. Final BW : 0 MHz; Step # 0
25. Maximum Channels : 256
26. Channel Numbers : 0:255:1
27. LO5 -1  : 149
28. LO5 -2  : 156

29. Frequency Parameters (TPA) : 1371 1371 1320 1320 51 51
30. Integration Time : 8.053 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :24

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
C01,C14 and W06 : Taken for mechanical work.
W05 :  Taken for electrical work.
S03 and S01 : Servo problem.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 29 Oct 2018 12:00:00 - 29 Oct 2018 17:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :24

37. Comments (During Observations) :
------------GWB Setting---------
GPU_MODE  	: Realtime
GPU_LTA  	: 4
GPU_ACQ_BW  	: 400.0000
GPU_FINAL_BW  	: 400.0000
GPU_EDGE_FRQ  	: 0
GPU_CHAN_MAX  	: 4096
GPU_CHAN_NUM  	: 0:4095:1
GPU_STOKES  	: Total_Intensity
GPU_SIDEBAND  	: 1 1
GPU_RF2  	: 500  500
GPU_DDCLO2  	: 0.0000  0.0000
GPU_SB2  	: 1 1
GCODE2  	: 35_020A
GPU_RF4  	: 1460  1460
GPU_DDCLO4  	: 0.0000  0.0000
GPU_SB4  	: 1 1
GCODE4  	: 35_020
GPU_CNTRL  	: ONLINE
GPU_FSTOP  	: ON
GPU_BEAM_1  	: PA
GPU_BEAM_2  	: PA
GPU_BEAM_3  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_4  	: OFF
GPU_BM_INT  	: 8
GPU_GAINEQ  	: OFF
GPU_TPA  	: From GWB GUI.
GPU_BITS  	: 4 Bits
GPU_FILRFI  	: RFI Filterring OFF
GPU_BEAM_S  	: OFF
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# GWB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C06 C08 C10 C12 C13 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S02 S04 S06 W02 W03 W04 Total=17
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C06 C08 C10 C12 C13 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S02 S04 S06 W02 W03 W04 Total=17
# BEAM-2:130 :: C02 C03 C04 C05 C09 C11 W01 Total=7
# BEAM-2:175 :: C02 C03 C04 C05 C09 C11 W01 Total=7

Note :  Data recorded on following machine.
Beam1 gwbh7 : /data3/gpuuser/35_020_29oct2018/*
Beam2 gwbh8 : /data3/gpuuser/35_020_29oct2018/*

12:00 : Started set up.
12:45 : Power equalized and phasing done on 3C286.
12:48 : Started command file.
 '/odisk/gtac/cmd/35_020/29oct18_1/29oct18.cmd'
12:48 to 13:20 : GWB problem. (Process psr was running in background.Hence kill all processes on gwbh7 and gwbh8.)
13:20 : Started command file.
  '/odisk/gtac/cmd/35_020/29oct18_1/29oct18.cmd'
14:28 : Electrical power failure to West arm antennas and hence removed west arm antennas from GAC.
15:00 : West arm antennas added in GAC.
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16:51 : Stopped command file
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16:55 : Started phasing on 3C286.
16:57 : Phasing done.
16:58 : No data record due to 3C286 set.
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17:00 : Observation session over.