GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 24/10/2016
2. Observation Sr. No. : 8942
3. Observer : Bhaswati Bhattacharyya, Jayanta Roy, Ben Stappers, Michael Keith, Sally Cooper, Mateusz Malenta, Maura Ann McLaughlin, 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, 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 : 31_036 
7. Operator(s) : Nilesh
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/31_036_24oct.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata/24oct/31_036_24oct2016.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/31_036.FLAGS.3

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_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 : 16.1061 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :29

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
E03 : : Feed problem.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 24 Oct 2016 08:00:00 - 24 Oct 2016 10:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
08:00 : Started settings.
        power eq @ 300 counts on 0837-198.
08:15:52 : Started scan on 0837-198 for ~ 1.57706 min.
08:19:00 : Started scan on HR_0919-42 for ~ 15.2673 min.
08:35:23 : Started scan on HR_1100-42 for ~ 18.2536 min.
08:54:29 : Started scan on HR_1107-42 for ~ 18.2871 min.
09:13:58 : Started scan on HR_1255-46 for ~ 28.6219 min.