GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 24/04/2017
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9319
3. Observer : Dipanjan Mitra, Willem Hermsen, Rahul Basu, Jason WilliamThomas Hessels, Joanna M Rankin
4. Observer's Email : dmitra@ncra.tifr.res.in, W.Hermsen@sron.nl, rahul@astro.ia.uz.zgora.pl, hessels@astron.nl, Joanna.Rankin@uvm.edu
5. Project Name : Deciphering the mystery  of pulsar moding using simultaneous XMM-Newton/radio observation of pulsar B0823\\+26
6. Project Code : 32_012
7. Operator(s) : Deepak, Nilesh, Sachin, Shilpa
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/32_012/32_012.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/24apr/32_012_24apr2017.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/PNTG.FLAGS.2299, /odisk/online1/logflags/32_012.FLAGS.4

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+4 dB, 32 MHz,OFF, IF-CH2 : 24+4 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 : OFF
20. Stokes : Total_Intensity
21. Beam - 1 : PA
22. Beam - 2 : PA
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 : 2.0132 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :26

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
S01 : For painting.
S02 : Frequently getting reset.
W03 : Maintenance.
W04 : All MCM timeout.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 24 Apr 2017 12:55:00 - 24 Apr 2017 22:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Shivneri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
# GSB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 W01 W02 Total=18
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 W01 W02 Total=18
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12:55 : Started settings.
13:20 : Power equalized on 3C147 @ 300 counts.
13:24 : '/odisk/gtac/cmd/32_012/32_012.cmd' command file started.
22:00 : Stopped command file and closed observation session.