GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 14/03/2015
2. Observation Sr. No. : 7671
3. Observer : Ramesh Bhat, Sarah Burke-Spolaor, Poonam Chandra
4. Observer's Email : ramesh.bhat@curtin.edu.au, sarahbspolaor@gmail.com, poonam@ncra.tifr.res.in
5. Project Name : GMRT Participation in Exploring the Progenitors of Fast Radio Bursts
6. Project Code : 27_068
7. Operator(s) : Navnath, Pramod, Surender
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata/13mar/27_068_13mar2015_test.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/27_068.FLAGS.28,/odisk/online1/logflags/27_068.FLAGS.27

ANTENNA SETTINGS :

11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 317 MHz ,RF2 : 317 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB
12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 255 MHz, ILO2 : 255MHz , IVLO1 : 62 MHz, IVLO2 : 62 MHz 
13. IF Attn(dB) , IF BW(MHz) & IF ALC : IF-CH1 : 24+4 dB, 16 MHz,OFF, IF-CH2 : 24+4 dB, 16 MHz,OFF

GSB SETTINGS :

14. GSB Host : gsbm1
15. GSB Mode : Realtime
16. GSB LTA : 4
17. GSB CTRL : ONLINE
18. GSB Fstop : ON
19. GAIN EQ : OFF
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 # 
25. Maximum Channels : 256
26. Channel Numbers : 0:255:1
27. LO5 -1  : 138
28. LO5 -2  : 167

29. Frequency Parameters (TPA) : 317 317 255 255 62 62
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) :
W05 : : Feed Cage Painting.
W06 : : Frequently getting Reset.
S04 : : ABC time out.
S06 : : NO fringe

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 13 Mar 2015 21:00:00 - 14 Mar 2015 00:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
21:00 : Started setup.
21:15 : Started power eq on 3c147 at 250 counts.
21:25 : Power eq done.
21:30 : Restarted GSB chain in High Time visibility mode.
21:47 : Started scan on 3c147 for 5min.
22:01 : Started scan on phase cal for 5min.
22:07 : Started scan on PTF004 for 1h.
22:07 : Started scan on PTF004 for ~ 61.035 min.
23:09 : Started scan on 1150-003 for ~ 5.13378 min.
23:14 : Started scan on PTF004 for ~ 0.738191 min.(Bad scan)
23:15 : Started scan on PTF004 for ~ 37.8491 min.
23:54 : Started scan on 1150-003 for ~ 5 min.
00:00 : Stopped scan and observing session is over.