GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 29/02/2016
2. Observation Sr. No. : 8447
3. Observer : Emmanouil Papastergis, Elizabeth A.K. Adams, J.M. vanderHulst, Riccardo Giovanelli, Martha P Haynes, Jayaram Narayanan Chengalur, Gregory Hallenbeck
4. Observer's Email : papastergis@astro.rug.nl, betsey@astro.cornell.edu, vdhulst@astro.rug.nl, riccardo@astro.cornell.edu, haynes@astro.cornell.edu, chengalur@ncra.tifr.res.in, ghallenbeck@astro.cornell.edu
5. Project Name : An accurate measurement of the Baryonic Tully-Fisher Relation with very gas-dominated galaxies
6. Project Code : 29_057
7. Operator(s) : Navnath, Nilesh, Pramod, Shilpa, Surender
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/29_029/obs_21hrs.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/28feb/29_057_28feb2016.lta.1, /gsbifrdata1/28feb/29_057_28feb2016.lta, /gsbifrdata1/29feb/29_057_29feb2016.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/29_057.FLAGS.1

ANTENNA SETTINGS :

11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 1386.1835 MHz ,RF2 : 1386.1835 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB
12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 1325 MHz, ILO2 : 1325MHz , IVLO1 : 61.1835 MHz, IVLO2 : 61.1835 MHz 
13. IF Attn(dB) , IF BW(MHz) & IF ALC : IF-CH1 : 4+14 dB, 16 MHz,ON, IF-CH2 : 4+14 dB, 16 MHz,ON

GSB SETTINGS :

14. GSB Host : gsbm1_lenyadri
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 : 4 MHz; Step # 8
25. Maximum Channels : 512
26. Channel Numbers : 0:511:1
27. LO5 -1  : 138.8165
28. LO5 -2  : 166.1835

29. Frequency Parameters (TPA) : 1386.1835 1386.1835 1325 1325 61.1835 61.1835
30. Integration Time : 8.053 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :26

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
C02 : : RFI.
C06 : : MCM 14 Time out(feed jam).
C08 : : BLDC work
E05 : : CST Paniting.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 28 Feb 2016 21:00:00 - 29 Feb 2016 09:05:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
21:00 : Started setup.
21:25 : Started scan on 3C147 for 10 min.
21:46 : Started command file.
 '/odisk/gtac/cmd/29_029/obs_21hrs.cmd'
02:40 : Stopped command file.
02:45 : Started scan on 3C286.
03:00 : Stopped scan.
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03:00 : Started following set-up.
GSB line observation setup
RF band= 1390 (1330 - 1450)
LO1= 1340 (lower)
IFBW= 18
GSB [ACQ] BW= 16.6666
Total Channel= 512

Line/Center Frequency= 1411.5
CH#[0]= 1409.4167
CH#[256]= 1411.5
CH#[512]= 1413.5833
BW= +4.1666
CW= 8.14 (KHz.)

step#= 2 is USEABLE ###
GSB_CONFIG LO5= 138.9165  166.0835
LTA_FILE   L05= 130.5833  174.4167
BASE BAND  LO4= 61.0835  61.0835

online tpa 1401.0835 1401.0835 1340 1340 61.0835 61.0835
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03:12 : Started scan on 3C286.
03:28 : Started command file.
"/odisk/gtac/cmd/29_057/29feb16/obs_29feb_03hrs.cmd"

08:42 : Stopped command file.

08:47 : Started scan on 3C468.1.
09:05 : Stopped scan and observing session over.