GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 10/11/2014
2. Observation Sr. No. : 7418
3. Observer : Jayanta Roy, Bhaswati Bhattacharyya, Yashwant Gupta, Dipankar Bhattacharya
4. Observer's Email : jayanta.roy@manchester.ac.uk, bhaswati.bhattacharyya@manchester.ac.uk, ygupta@ncra.tifr.res.in, dipankar@iucaa.ernet.in
5. Project Name : Long-term timing program for millisecond pulsars discovered by the GMRT in Fermi-directed searches
6. Project Code : 27_041
7. Operator(s) : Pramod, Sachin
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/27_044_9nov.1.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata/09nov/27_041_09nov2014_2s.lta,/gsbifrdata/09nov/27_041_09nov2014.lta.1,/gsbifrdata/09nov/27_041_09nov2014.lta,/gsbifrdata1/09nov/27_041_27nov2014_2s.lta.1,/gsbifrdata1/09nov/27_041_27nov2014_2s.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/27_041.FLAGS.7,/odisk/online1/logflags/27_041.FLAGS.6

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 : 24+4 dB, 32 MHz,OFF, IF-CH2 : 24+4 dB, 32 MHz,OFF

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 : OFF
20. Stokes : Total_Intensity
21. Beam - 1 : IA
22. Beam - 2 : OFF
23. ACQ BW : 33.333333 MHz
24. Final BW : 33.333333 MHz; Step # 
25. Maximum Channels : 512
26. Channel Numbers : 0:511:1
27. LO5 -1  : 149
28. LO5 -2  : 156

29. Frequency Parameters (TPA) : 306 306 255 255 51 51
30. Integration Time : 2.0132 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :26

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
E06 : Taken for BLDC
W04 W05 and W06 : RFI 
33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 09 Nov 2014 18:00:00 - 09 Nov 2014 22:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :26

37. Comments (During Observations) :
18:20 : Started set up.
18:33 : Power equalized on 1830-360 at 300 counts.  
18:40 : Started command file.
   '/odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/27_044_9nov.1.cmd'
08:09 : Stopped command file.
08:10 : Changed setup and made it PA-PA mode with rest of the setup 
kept same.
08:18 : Started command file after phasing on 1154-350,
   '/odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/27_041_9nov.2.cmd'
09:20 : Stopped command file.
09:25 : Started another command file after phasing on 1154-350,
   '/odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/27_044_9nov.2.cmd'
10:25 : Stopped command file and closed observation session.