GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 29/07/2014
2. Observation Sr. No. : 7255
3. Observer : John Michael Cannon, Stephen Pardy, Göran Östlin, Emily Freeland, Lucia Guaita, Matthew Hayes, Daniel Kunth, Peter Laursen, Jens Melinder, Ivana Orlitova, Hector Oti-Floranes, Johannes Puschnig, Thøger Emil Rivera-Thorsen, Andreas Sandberg, Daniel Schaerer, Anne Verhamme
4. Observer's Email : jcannon@macalester.edu, spardy@astro.wisc.edu, ostlin@astro.su.se, emily@astro.su.se, lguai@astro.su.se, matthew@astro.su.se, kunth@iap.fr, pela@dark-cosmology.dk, jens@astro.su.se, ivana.orlitova@unige.ch, otih@astrosen.unam.mx, johannes.puschnig@astro.su.se, trive@astro.su.se, sandberg@astro.su.se, daniel.schaerer@unige.ch, anne.verhamme@unige.ch
5. Project Name : Neutral Hydrogen in the LARS eLARS Galaxies
6. Project Code : 26_005
7. Operator(s) : Deepak, Rupsing, Shilpa
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/26_005/jul2014/28jul14_s12.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata/28jul/26_005_28jul2014.lta.1,/gsbifrdata/28jul/26_005_28jul2014.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/26_005.FLAGS.13

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 : 1310 MHz, ILO2 : 1310MHz , IVLO1 : 61 MHz, IVLO2 : 61 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 Host : gsbm1
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 : 16.666666 MHz
24. Final BW : 16.666666 MHz; Step # 0
25. Maximum Channels : 512
26. Channel Numbers : 0:511:1
27. LO5 -1  : 139
28. LO5 -2  : 166

29. Frequency Parameters (TPA) : 1371 1371 1310 1310 61 61
30. Integration Time : 16.1061 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :27

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
C00 : Not releasing az brakes
C09 : No fringe
W05 : BLDC work

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 28 Jul 2014 17:35:00 - 29 Jul 2014 02:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Shivneri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
GSB line observation setup
RF band= 1390 (1330 - 1450)
LO1= 1310 (lower)
IFBW= 18
GSB [ACQ] BW= 16.6666
Total Channel= 512
Line/Center Frequency= 1378.503
CH#[0]= 1371
CH#[512]= 1387.6666
BW=  16.6666
CW= 32.55 (KHz.)
step#= 0
GSB_CONFIG LO5= 139  166
LTA_FILE   L05= 139  166
BASE BAND  LO4= 61  61
tpa 1371 1371 1310 1310 61 61
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17:35 : Started settings.
17:49 : Started scan on 3C286.
18:04 : Stopped scan.
18:07 : '/odisk/gtac/cmd/26_005/jul2014/28jul14_s12.cmd' command file started.
23:19 : Scan#19 is affected by   scintillation.
01:17 : target source is below horizon.
01:25 : started scan on 3C48 for 20mins.
01:30 : scan on flux cal. is affected by scintillation.
02:00 : Observation stopped.
03:00 : Because of scintillation last scan on 3c48 was not good.
03:10 : Started recording on flux cal, 3c48 for 10mins in new LTA file 26_005_28jul2014.lta.1
03:20 : scan stopped.