GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 27/12/2016
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9095
3. Observer : Peter Kamphuis, Baerbel Silvia Koribalski, Paolo Serra, Lister Staveley-Smith, Danail Obreschkow, Thomas Martinsson, Kristine Spekkens, Gyula I.G. Józsa, George Heald, Julia Bryant, James Allen, Boris Zhivkov Deshev, Attila Popping, Jayaram Narayanan Chengalur, Tobias Westmeier, Martin Meyer, Wang, Oh, Johnson, Barbara Catinella, Luca Cortese
4. Observer's Email : peterkamphuisastronomy@gmail.com, Baerbel.Koribalski@csiro.au, serra@astron.nl, Lister.Staveley-Smith@uwa.edu.au, danail.obreschkow@gmail.com, martinsson@astro.rug.nl, kristine.spekkens@rmc.ca, gjozsa@ska.ac.za, heald@astron.nl, jbryant@physics.usyd.edu.au, j.allen@physics.usyd.edu.au, boris@to.ee, attila.popping@uwa.edu.au, chengalur@ncra.tifr.res.in, tobias.westmeier@uwa.edu.au, martin.meyer@uwa.edu.au, j.wang@csiro.au, se-heon.oh@uwa.edu.au, Megan.Johnson@csiro.au, barbara.catinella@uwa.edu.au, luca.cortese@uwa.edu.au
5. Project Name : Bridging the Gap from from Optical to 21cm with the GMRT
6. Project Code : 31_031
7. Operator(s) : Sachin, Shilpa
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/31_031/27dec16/obs.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/27dec/31_031_26dec2016.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/31_031.FLAGS.3

ANTENNA SETTINGS :

11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 1406 MHz ,RF2 : 1406 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB
12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 1345 MHz, ILO2 : 1345MHz , IVLO1 : 61 MHz, IVLO2 : 61 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_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 : 0 MHz; Step # 0
25. Maximum Channels : 512
26. Channel Numbers : 0:511:1
27. LO5 -1  : 139
28. LO5 -2  : 166

29. Frequency Parameters (TPA) : 1406 1406 1345 1345 61 61
30. Integration Time : 16.1061 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :26

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
E06 : Servo problem.
C08 : Getting frequently ABC reset.
S06 : 130 pol no fringe.
W06 : Frequently applying servo brakes.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 27 Dec 2016 02:00:00 - 27 Dec 2016 07:11:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
01:53 : Started scan on 3C147 for 15 mins.
02:05 : Started command file.
06:49 : Stopped command file.
06:55 : Started scan on 3C286 for 15 mins.
07:11 : Stopped scan and closed observation session.