GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 19/11/2019
2. Observation Sr. No. : 11601
3. Observer : Jayanta Roy, Paul Ray, Bhaswati Bhattacharyya, Ben Stappers, Jayaram Narayanan Chengalur, Sanjay S. Kudale, Tyrel J. Johnson, Matthew Kerr, Patrick Weltevrede, Paulo Cesar Freire
4. Observer's Email : jroy@ncra.tifr.res.in, paul.ray@nrl.navy.mil, bhaswati@ncra.tifr.res.in, Ben.Stappers@manchester.ac.uk, chengalur@ncra.tifr.res.in, ksanjay@gmrt.ncra.tifr.res.in, tyrel.j.johnson@gmail.com, matthew.kerr@gmail.com, Patrick.Weltevrede@manchester.ac.uk, pfreire@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
5. Project Name : Long-term timing follow-up for the third transitional redback millisecond pulsar J1227-4853
6. Project Code : 37_047
7. Operator(s) : Pramod, Surender
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/37_047_19nov.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata/19nov/37_047_19nov2019_gsb.lta, /gwbifrdata1/19nov/37_047_19nov2019_gwb.lta
10. LogFlag File :  

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 : 540MHz , 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 : 512
26. Channel Numbers : 0:511:1
27. LO5 -1  : 149
28. LO5 -2  : 156

29. Frequency Parameters (TPA) : 591 591 540 540 51 51
30. Integration Time : 2.0132 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :27

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
C04 : : Taken for Mech Work.
C11 : : TGC Tracking Problem.
S03 : : TGC Tracking Problem.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 19 Nov 2019 08:00:00 - 19 Nov 2019 09:05:00

35. ONLINE Machine : TGC

36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :27

37. RFI Status :

38. Comments (During Observations) :
gsb_beam2_dataserver,node_34
bandmask,3
gpu_beam4_dataserver,gwbh10
GSB_LTA,8
GPU_FSTOP,1
GPU_PFB,0
GPU_FILRFI,0
GSB_CHAN_NUM,0:511:1
GSB_ACQ_BW,33.333333
GPU_BEAM_1,3:1
GSB_FINAL_BW,0
GPU_PFB_TAPS,16
GSB_ENV,0
gpu_ifr_dataserver,gwbh6
gpu_beam3_dataserver,gwbh9
GPU_CHAN_NUM,0:4095:1
GSB_HOSTS,0
GPU_BEAM_S,0
gsb_ifr_dataserver,gsbm4
GSB_STOKES,2
GPU_DDC,0
GSB_CNTRL,1
GPU_CNTRL,1
gpu_beam2_dataserver,gwbh8
GPU_GAINEQ,0
gsb_beam1_dataserver,node_33
GPU_EDGE_FRQ,0
GSB_BEAM_1,1:1
GPU_BM_INT,4
GSB_BEAM_2,2:1
GPU_BEAM_3,0:1
GPU_BEAM_2,0:1
GSB_FSTOP,1
GPU_CHAN_MAX,4096
GPU_BEAM_4,0:1
GSB_EDGE_FRQ,0
corrmask,8
GPU_ENV,1
antennamask,1fffffef
GPU_HOSTS,2
GPU_MODE,0
GPU_STOKES,2
GSB_GAINEQ,0
GSB_CD_MODE,0
GSB_CHAN_MAX,512
GPU_TPA,0
GPU_ACQ_BW,200.0000
GPU_LTA,4
GSB_BB_LO,149000000.0:156000000.0
GSB_MODE,0
GPU_FINAL_BW,1
gpu_beam1_dataserver,gwbh7
GPU_BITS,8
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# GWB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 S01 S02 S04 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 Total=24
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 S01 S02 S04 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 Total=24
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 S01 S02 S04 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 Total=24
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 S01 S02 S04 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 Total=24
# BEAM-3:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 S01 S02 S04 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 Total=24
# BEAM-3:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 S01 S02 S04 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 Total=24
# BEAM-4:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 S01 S02 S04 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 Total=24
# BEAM-4:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 S01 S02 S04 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 Total=24
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gsb_gac.dat
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# GSB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S01 S02 S04 S06 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 W06 Total=27
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S01 S02 S04 S06 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 W06 Total=27
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 S01 S02 S04 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 Total=24
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 S01 S02 S04 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 Total=24
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07:45:00 : Started set-up.
07:50:35 : Started scan on 1154-350 for ~ 10.3348 min.
08:08:58 : Started scan on 1154-350 for ~ 2.21459 min.
08:15:03 : Started scan on J1227-4853 for ~ 49.4256 min.
09:05:00 : Stopped scan and observing session over.
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