GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 17/05/2017
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9399
3. Observer : Paulo Cesar Freire, Yashwant Gupta, Alessandro Ridolfi
4. Observer's Email : pfreire@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de, ygupta@ncra.tifr.res.in, ridolfi@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
5. Project Name : Determining the masses of the components of two binary pulsars
6. Project Code : 32_083
7. Operator(s) : Pramod, Sachin
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/32_083/32_083_17may17.txt
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/17may/32_083_17may2017.lta, /gwbifrdata1/17may/32_083_17may2017_gwb.lta
10. LogFlag File :  

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 : 512
26. Channel Numbers : 0:511:1
27. LO5 -1  : 149
28. LO5 -2  : 156

29. Frequency Parameters (TPA) : 306 306 255 255 51 51
30. Integration Time : 4.0265 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :27

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
C14 : Taken for mechanical work
S02 : Frequently getting reset.
W02 : Taken for FE work

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 17 May 2017 16:00:00 - 17 May 2017 17:30:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Shivneri

36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :27

37. Comments (During Observations) :
# GSB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C01 C03 C04 C05 C06 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 W01 Total=15
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C01 C03 C04 C05 C06 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 W01 Total=15
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C03 C04 C05 C06 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 W01 Total=15
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C03 C04 C05 C06 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 W01 Total=15

# GWB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 W01 Total=16
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 W01 Total=16
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 W01 Total=16
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 E02 E03 S01 W01 Total=16

15:00 : Started set up.
15:46 : Power equalized and phasing done on 3C147.
16:00 : Phasing done on 0837-198.
16:07 : Started command file.
 '/odisk/gtac/cmd/32_083/32_083_17may17.txt'
17:25 : Stopped command file and observation session is over.