GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 08/11/2015
2. Observation Sr. No. : 8151
3. Observer : Joydeep Bagchi, BIJU.K.G, Pratik Dabhade, Madhuri Gaikwad, C.H. IshwaraChandra, Joe Jacob
4. Observer's Email : joydeep@iucaa.ernet.in, kgbiju42@gmail.com, pratikdabhade13@gmail.com, madhuri.explorer@gmail.com, ishwar@ncra.tifr.res.in, joe@iucaa.ernet.in
5. Project Name : GMRT observations of   the largest radio source hosted by a grand-design spiral 
6. Project Code : 29_061
7. Operator(s) : Navnath, Nilesh
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/29_061/obs_07nov.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata/07nov/29_061_07nov2015.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/29_061.FLAGS.1

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 : 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) : 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) :
W03 : : BLDC work
C04 : : Painting Work

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 07 Nov 2015 17:00:00 - 08 Nov 2015 01:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Shivneri

36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :29

37. Comments (During Observations) :
17:00 : Started setup.
17:20 : Started scan on 3C468.1.
17:40 : Started scan on on 3c48.
17:52 : Started cmd file.

        /odisk/gtac/cmd/29_061/obs_07nov.cmd

19:00 : C04 released for observation.
19:20 : C04 started working.

00:45 : Stopped command file.
00:46 : Started scan on Phase cal.
00:55 : Started scan on Flux cal.
01:10 : Stopped scan and closed observation session.