GTAC Observation Log 1. Date : 05/12/2018 2. Observation Sr. No. : 10708 3. Observer : Mayuresh Surnis, Joseph Karl Swiggum, Megan DeCesar, Ryan Sean Lynch, Kevin Stovall, Emmanuel Fonseca, Scott M. Ransom, Lina Levin, Vladislav Kondratiev, Pragya Chawla, Maura Ann McLaughlin, Ingrid Stairs, Victoria Kaspi, Ziggy Pleunis, David Kaplan, Mallory Roberts, Joeri vanLeeuwen, Harsha Blumer, Thankful Cromartie, Hind AlNoori, Renee Spiewak 4. Observer's Email : mayuresh.surnis@mail.wvu.edu, swiggumj@uwm.edu, megandecesar@gmail.com, rlynch@nrao.edu, stovall.kevin@gmail.com, efonseca@physics.mcgill.ca, sransom@nrao.edu, lina.s.levin@gmail.com, vlad.kondratiev@gmail.com, pragya.chawla@mail.mcgill.ca, maura.mclaughlin@mail.wvu.edu, stairs@astro.ubc.ca, vkaspi@physics.mcgill.ca, ziggy.pleunis@physics.mcgill.ca, kaplan@uwm.edu, malloryr@gmail.com, leeuwen@astron.nl, harshablumer1@gmail.com, thankful@virginia.edu, haa280@nyu.edu, rspiewak@swin.edu.au 5. Project Name : Localization of 42 Newly Discovered Pulsars and RRATs from the GBNCC Pulsar Survey 6. Project Code : 35_024 7. Operator(s) : Deepak, Shilpa, Surender 8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/35_024/35_024_3_cmd.txt 9. LTA File : /gwbifrdata1/05dec/35_024_05dec2018_gwb.lta 10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/35_024.FLAGS.2 ANTENNA SETTINGS : 11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 306 MHz ,RF2 : 306 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB 12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 255 MHz, ILO2 : 255MHz , 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_lenyadri 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) : 306 306 255 255 51 51 30. Integration Time : 8.053 Sec 31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :29 32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) : S04 : Servo problem. 33. Note for Backup : 34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 05 Dec 2018 03:50:00 - 05 Dec 2018 08:16:00 35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri 36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :29 37. Comments (During Observations) : ------------GWB Setting---------------------------------------------------- GPU_MODE : Realtime GPU_LTA : 4 GPU_ACQ_BW : 200.0000 GPU_FINAL_BW : 200.0000 GPU_EDGE_FRQ : 0 GPU_CHAN_MAX : 2048 GPU_CHAN_NUM : 0:2047:1 GPU_STOKES : Total_Intensity GPU_SIDEBAND : 1 1 GPU_RF4 : 500 500 GPU_DDCLO4 : 0.0000 0.0000 GPU_SB4 : 1 1 GCODE4 : 35_024 GPU_CNTRL : ONLINE GPU_FSTOP : ON GPU_BEAM_1 : IA GPU_BEAM_2 : OFF GPU_BEAM_3 : OFF GPU_BEAM_4 : OFF GPU_BM_INT : 16 GPU_GAINEQ : OFF GPU_TPA : From GWB GUI. GPU_BITS : 8 Bits GPU_FILRFI : RFI Filterring OFF GPU_BEAM_S : OFF --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # GWB GAC configuration is as follows : # BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S01 S02 S06 W01 W02 W03 W04 W06 Total=27 # BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S01 S02 S06 W01 W02 W03 W04 W06 Total=27 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:50 : Started settings. 04:15 : Power equalized on 3C286 @ 150 counts for GWB. 04:21 : '/odisk/gtac/cmd/35_024/35_024_3_cmd.txt' command file started. 05:17 : W03 and W06 removed from GAC. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # GWB GAC configuration is as follows : # BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S01 S02 S06 W01 W02 W04 Total=25 # BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S01 S02 S06 W01 W02 W04 Total=25 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 06:50 : Stopped command file, beacause source J1529-26 rise at 07:13Hrs. 07:10 : Restarted command file. 08:16 : Stopped command file and observing session over.