GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 22/01/2017
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9153
3. Observer : Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, David Declan Mulcahy, Anna Scaife, Alex Owen Clarke
4. Observer's Email : mitsuisi@phys.se.tmu.ac.jp, david.mulcahy@manchester.ac.uk, anna.scaife@manchester.ac.uk, alex.clarke-3@manchester.ac.uk
5. Project Name : Exploring the Origin of the Diffuse Radio Emission in Merging Groups of Galaxies, NGC 7618 & UGC 12491
6. Project Code : 31_120
7. Operator(s) : Navnath, Nilesh, Sachin
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/31_120/obs.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/22jan/31_120_22jan2017.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/31_120.FLAGS

ANTENNA SETTINGS :

11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 591 MHz ,RF2 : 591 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB
12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 540 MHz, ILO2 : 540MHz , 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) : 591 591 540 540 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) :
C10 : Painting work.
33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 22 Jan 2017 14:00:00 - 22 Jan 2017 22:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
14:00 : Started setup.
14:08 : Started scan on 3C48 for 12min.
14:20 : scan stopped.
14:25 : Started command file.

        /odisk/gtac/cmd/31_120/obs.cmd

15:40 : C10 released for observation and started working.
21:22 : Source set. Stopped command file took phase cal for 5 mins.
21:31 : Started scan on 3C48 for 20 mins.
21:55 : Closed observation session.