GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 22/02/2016
2. Observation Sr. No. : 8431
3. Observer : Bhaswati Bhattacharyya, Jayanta Roy, Ben Stappers, Michael Keith, Sally Cooper, Mateusz Malenta, Maura Ann McLaughlin, Duncan Ross Lorimer, Paul Ray, Scott M. Ransom, Jayaram Narayanan Chengalur
4. Observer's Email : bhaswati.bhattacharyya@manchester.ac.uk, jayanta.roy@manchester.ac.uk, Ben.Stappers@manchester.ac.uk, mkeith@pulsarastronomy.net, sally.cooper@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk, mateusz.malenta@student.manchester.ac.uk, maura.mclaughlin@mail.wvu.edu, Duncan.Lorimer@mail.wvu.edu, paul.ray@nrl.navy.mil, sransom@nrao.edu, chengalur@ncra.tifr.res.in
5. Project Name : Regular timing of the pulsars discovered in the GMRT High Resolution Southern Sky (GHRSS) survey
6. Project Code : 29_026
7. Operator(s) : Nilesh
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/22feb/29_026_22feb2016.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/29_026.FLAGS.20

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+14 dB, 32 MHz,OFF, IF-CH2 : 24+14 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 : ON
20. Stokes : Total_Intensity
21. Beam - 1 : IA
22. Beam - 2 : PA
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 : 16.1061 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :28

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
C02 : : MCM 5 time out.
C08 : : BLDC installation.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 22 Feb 2016 02:00:00 - 22 Feb 2016 03:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :28

37. Comments (During Observations) :
02:01:00 : Started settings.
02:06:33 : Started power eq (2 iterations).
02:14:18 : Started phasing.

02:18:27 : Started scan on 1154-350 for ~ 1.64417 min.
02:20:19 : Started scan on 1154-350 for ~ 1.40928 min.
02:21:49 : Started scan on 1154-350 for ~ 3.42255 min.
02:26:55 : Started scan on J1120-3618 for ~ 45.2649 min.

03:13 : Stopped observation session.