GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 06/11/2016
2. Observation Sr. No. : 8970
3. Observer : Yashwant Gupta, BHAL CHANDRA JOSHI, Jayanta Roy, Yogesh Maan, Kishalay De, Manjari Bagchi, Gopakumar Achamveedu, Nikhil Vijay Naik
4. Observer's Email : ygupta@ncra.tifr.res.in, bcj@ncra.tifr.res.in, jroy@ncra.tifr.res.in, ymaan@ncra.tifr.res.in, ugkishalayde@ug.iisc.in, manjari.bagchi@gmail.com, gopu.tifr@gmail.com, naiknikhil27@gmail.com
5. Project Name : Towards precision pulsar timing with the upgraded GMRT
6. Project Code : 31_057
7. Operator(s) : Deepak, Sachin
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata/06nov/31_057_L-band_suba4_06nov16.lta, /gsbifrdata/06nov/31_057_325_suba2_06nov16.lta, /gwbifrdata1/06nov/31_057_06nov2016_suba4_gwb.lta, /gwbifrdata1/06nov/31_057_06nov2016_suba2_gwb.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/SUBA4.FLAGS.830, /odisk/online1/logflags/SUBA2.FLAGS.1016

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+14 dB, 32 MHz,ON, IF-CH2 : 4+14 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 : OFF
20. Stokes : Total_Intensity
21. Beam - 1 : OFF
22. Beam - 2 : Volt
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) :
W04 : Given for painting.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 06 Nov 2016 11:30:00 - 06 Nov 2016 17:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
GSB-GAC : C01 C02 C03 C05 W02 E03 E04 S02 S03
GWB-GAC-SUBA2 : C01,C02,C03,C05
GWB-GAC-SUBA4 : C00,C04,C06,C08.C10,C11,C12,C13,E02,S01,W01 

C09 Was not selected in GWB GAC because it was having low self.

12:10 : Completed all setup.
12:22:33 : Started scan on 3C286 for ~ 8.32149 min.
12:42:28 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.87905 min.
12:44:41 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 0.805306 min.
12:50:34 : Started scan on J1455-3330 for ~ 24.9645 min.
13:19:22 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.87905 min.
13:21:35 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 0.805306 min.
13:25:38 : Started scan on J1614-2230 for ~ 35.9703 min.
14:04:02 : Started scan on B1642-03 for ~ 6.97932 min.
14:16:57 : Started scan on 1609+266 for ~ 2.41592 min.
14:19:53 : Started scan on 1609+266 for ~ 2.68435 min.
14:22:49 : Started scan on 1609+266 for ~ 0.53687 min.
14:24:27 : Started scan on J1640+2224 for ~ 22.817 min.
14:54:23 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.87905 min.
14:56:35 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.07374 min.
15:00:34 : Started scan on J1713+0747 for ~ 20.9379 min.
15:24:14 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 0.805306 min.
15:26:55 : Started scan on J1730-2304 for ~ 23.0854 min.
15:51:24 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 2.41592 min.
15:54:14 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 0.53687 min.
15:56:46 : Started scan on J1738+0333 for ~ 20.6695 min.
16:19:54 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 2.95279 min.
16:23:25 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 0.53687 min.
16:25:18 : Started scan on J1857+0943 for 20mins.
17:00 : Observation stopped.