GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 13/09/2023
2. Observation Sr. No. : 15878
3. Observer : Ramesh Bhat, Ryan Matthew John Craft, Samuel James McSweeney, Bradley Meyers
4. Observer\'s Email : ramesh.bhat@curtin.edu.au, 20179977@student.curtin.edu.au, sammy.mcsweeney@gmail.com, bradley.meyers@curtin.edu.au
5. Project Name : Investigation of a `swoosh-like` phenomenon in the sub-pulse drifter PSR B0031-07
6. Project Code : ddtC301
7. Operator(s) : Surender
8. Command File : /data1/gtac/cmd/ddtc301/DDTC301_12Sep2023_2300_cmd.py
9. LTA File : /gwbifrdata2/12sep/ddtc301b_12sep2023_subar2_b4_gwb.lta, /gwbifrdata2/12sep/ddtc301a_12sep2023_subar1_b3_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/TGC
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) : 591 591 540 540 51 51
30. Integration Time : 16.1061 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :28

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
C06 : Taken for mechanical.
C04 : RF is not getting set.
33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 12 Sep 2023 23:00:00 - 13 Sep 2023 06:19:00

35. ONLINE Machine : TGC

36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :28

37. RFI Status :

38. Comments (During Observations) :

------------GWB Setting---------
GPU_MODE  	: Realtime
GPU_LTA  	: 4
GPU_ACQ_BW  	: 200.0000
GPU_FINAL_BW  	: 200
GPU_EDGE_FRQ  	: 0
GPU_CHAN_MAX  	: 2048
GPU_CHAN_NUM  	: 0:2047:1
GPU_STOKES  	: Full_Stokes
GPU_SIDEBAND  	: 1 1
GPU_RF1  	: 1460  1460
GPU_DDCLO1  	: 540.000000  540.000000
GPU_SB1  	: 1 1
GCODE1  	: DDTC301A
GPU_RF2  	: 1200  1200
GPU_DDCLO2  	: 0.000000  0.000000
GPU_SB2  	: 1 1
GCODE2  	: DDTC301B
GPU_CNTRL  	: ONLINE/TGC
GPU_FSTOP  	: ON
GPU_BEAM_1  	: PA
GPU_BEAM_2  	: PA
GPU_BEAM_3  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_4  	: OFF
GPU_BM_INT  	: 32
GPU_GAINEQ  	: ON
GPU_TPA  	: From online/TGC tpa
GPU_BITS  	: 8 Bits
GPU_FILRFI  	: Voltage Detection
GPU_BEAM_S  	: OFF
GPU_PFB  	: OFF
GPU_PFB_TAPS  	: 4
GPU_BEAM_BIT  	: 16
GPU_VLT_BIT  	: 8
GPU_WALSH  	: OFF
GPU_ENV  	: RELEASED
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# GWB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C02 C05 C08 C10 C11 C12 C14 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=14
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C02 C05 C08 C10 C11 C12 C14 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=14
# BEAM-2:130 :: C01 C03 C09 C13 E04 E05 S03 S04 W03 W04 W05 Total=11
# BEAM-2:175 :: C01 C03 C09 C13 E04 E05 S03 S04 W03 W04 W05 Total=11
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23:00 -00:45 : NOTE : Scintillation patterns observed on 0025-260 scan, 
so observation extended at END.
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23:00:37 : Started set-up.
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23:33:37 : Started cmd file.
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00:39:37 : Restarted cmd file.
           /data1/gtac/cmd/ddtc301/DDTC301_12Sep2023_2300_cmd.py
06:19:00 : Stopped scan and observing session over.
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