GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 22/04/2016
2. Observation Sr. No. : 8521
3. Observer : Jayanta Roy, Bhaswati Bhattacharyya 

4. Observer's Email : jay.roys@gmail.com,jroy@ncra.tifr.res.in,bhaswati@ncra.tifr.res.in
5. Project Name : Regular timing of the pulsars discovered in the GMRT High Resolution Southern Sky (GHRSS) survey \r\n
6. Project Code : 30_038
7. Operator(s) : Deepak, Sachin, Shilpa
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/30_038_21apr.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata/22apr/30_038_22apr2016_2s.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/30_038.FLAGS

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+4 dB, 32 MHz,OFF, IF-CH2 : 24+4 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 : OFF
20. Stokes : Total_Intensity
21. Beam - 1 : PA
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 : 2.0132 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :27

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
C01 : All MCM timeout.
E03 : Strong RFI.
E06 : Low fringe due to mesh work.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 22 Apr 2016 06:50:00 - 22 Apr 2016 09:15:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
06:50 : Started settings.
07:10 : Power equalized and phasing done on 2225-049.
07:15 : '/odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/30_038_21apr.cmd' command file started.
09:15 : Stopped command file and observing session over.