GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 08/01/2017
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9120
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) : Pramod
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/pramod/gwb_08jan16.cmd
9. LTA File : /gwbifrdata/08jan/31_057_08jan2017_gwb.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/31_057.FLAGS.12

ANTENNA SETTINGS :

11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 1454 MHz ,RF2 : 1454 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB
12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 1505 MHz, ILO2 : 1505MHz , 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 : 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) : 1454 1454 1505 1505 51 51
30. Integration Time : 16.1061 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :30

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

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 08 Jan 2017 01:00:00 - 08 Jan 2017 03:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :30

37. Comments (During Observations) :
Antennas selected in GAC :
C00,C01,C02,C03,C04,C06,C12,C14,E02,E03,E05,S02,S03,W01,W02,W03 = 16.

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00:50 : Started set up.
01:05 : Power equalized and phasing done on 3C147.
01:10 : Started command file.
 '/odisk/gtac/cmd/pramod/gwb_08jan16.cmd'
03:00 : Stopped command file and observation session is over.