GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 03/01/2016
2. Observation Sr. No. : 8302
3. Observer : Huib T Intema, Annalisa Bonafede, Marcus Bruggen, Francesco deGasperin, Reinout Johannes vanWeeren
4. Observer's Email : intema@strw.leidenuniv.nl, annalisa.bonafede@hs.uni-hamburg.de, mbrueggen@hs.uni-hamburg.de, fdg@hs.uni-hamburg.de, rvanweeren@cfa.harvard.edu
5. Project Name : The exceptional radio halos in CL1821\\+643 and CIZAJ1938\\+5409
6. Project Code : 29_023
7. Operator(s) : Nilesh, Pramod, Rupsing
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/29_023/03jan16/obs.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/03jan/29_023_03jan2016_4s.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/29_023.FLAGS.2

ANTENNA SETTINGS :

11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 242 MHz ,RF2 : 242 MHz, SA1 : 14 dB, SA2 : 14 dB
12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 304 MHz, ILO2 : 304MHz , IVLO1 : 62 MHz, IVLO2 : 62 MHz 
13. IF Attn(dB) , IF BW(MHz) & IF ALC : IF-CH1 : 10+12 dB, 16 MHz,ON, IF-CH2 : 10+12 dB, 16 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 : 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) : 242 242 304 304 62 62
30. Integration Time : 4.0265 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :26

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
C10 : : CST Painting
W01 : : Servo problem in AZ axis.
W03 : : Low fringe.
C04 : : Taken for mechanical work.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 03 Jan 2016 11:00:00 - 03 Jan 2016 19:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
11:00 : Started settings.
11:18 : Started scan on 3c286 for ~ 10 min.
11:30 : Started command file.
 '/odisk/gtac/cmd/29_023/03jan16/obs.cmd'
12:40 : W01 released for observation (FES: MCM 5 time out).
18:40 : C04 released for observation.
18:45 : Stopped command file.
18:50 : Stared scan on 3C48.
19:00 : Stopped scan and observation session is over.