GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 27/08/2016
2. Observation Sr. No. : 8850
3. Observer : Ruta Kale
4. Observer's Email : ruta@ncra.tifr.res.in
5. Project Name : Pilot observations of Abell 2256 with the uGMRT system
6. Project Code : 30_080
7. Operator(s) : Rupsing, Shilpa
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/30_080/u30_080_1.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata/26aug/30_080_26aug2016.lta, /gwbifrdata1/26aug/30_080_26aug2016_gwb.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/30_080.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 : 4+12 dB, 32 MHz,ON, IF-CH2 : 4+12 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 : 0 MHz; Step # 0
25. Maximum Channels : 256
26. Channel Numbers : 0:255:1
27. LO5 -1  : 149
28. LO5 -2  : 156

29. Frequency Parameters (TPA) : 306 306 255 255 51 51
30. Integration Time : 8.053 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :29

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
E06 : Mechanical work.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 26 Aug 2016 17:00:00 - 27 Aug 2016 03:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Shivneri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
GWB settings : 
        BW : 200MHz
        Channels : 2048
        Integtime : 8s
        GABLO : 500MHz
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17:00 : Started settings.
17:23 : Started scan on 3C286 for 10min.
17:36 : '/odisk/gtac/cmd/30_080/u30_080_1.cmd' command file started.
20:12 : Stopped command file.

20:14 : Started scan on 3C286 for 5min.
20:22 : Restarted command file.
23:22 : Stopped command file
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23:25 : Started scan on 3C48
23:30 : Stopped scan.
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30:31 : Started command file
        "/odisk/gtac/cmd/30_080/u30_080_1.cmd"
01:55 : Stopped command file(source set.)
01:58 : Started scan on 3C48.
02:15 : Stopped command file observation closed.