GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 24/06/2017
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9512
3. Observer : ARUN KUMAR NAIDU, Periasamy K. Manoharan, BHAL CHANDRA JOSHI, Manjari Bagchi, Gopakumar Achamveedu, Dhruv Pathak, Krishnakumar MA, Mayuresh Surnis, Yogesh Maan, Prakash Arumugasamy
4. Observer's Email : arun@ncra.tifr.res.in, mano@ncra.tifr.res.in, bcj@ncra.tifr.res.in, manjari.bagchi@gmail.com, gopu.tifr@gmail.com, pathakdhruv9786@gmail.com, kkma@ncra.tifr.res.in, mpsurnis@ncra.tifr.res.in, ymaan@ncra.tifr.res.in, prakash@ncra.tifr.res.in
5. Project Name : Extending timing baseline for the ORT-GMRT Indian Pulsar Timing Array (InPTA) experiment
6. Project Code : 32_092
7. Operator(s) : Navnath, Sachin
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/23jun/32_092_23jun2017.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/32_092.FLAGS.5

ANTENNA SETTINGS :

11. RF Band(MHz) & Solar Attn(dB)- RF1 : 1292 MHz ,RF2 : 1292 MHz, SA1 : 0 dB, SA2 : 0 dB
12. Ist LO (MHz) & IVth LO (MHz): ILO1 : 1230 MHz, ILO2 : 1230MHz , IVLO1 : 62 MHz, IVLO2 : 62 MHz 
13. IF Attn(dB) , IF BW(MHz) & IF ALC : IF-CH1 : 4+14 dB, 32 MHz,OFF, IF-CH2 : 4+14 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 : OFF
22. Beam - 2 : Volt
23. ACQ BW : 16.666666 MHz
24. Final BW : 0 MHz; Step # 0
25. Maximum Channels : 256
26. Channel Numbers : 0:255:1
27. LO5 -1  : 138
28. LO5 -2  : 167

29. Frequency Parameters (TPA) : 1292 1292 1230 1230 62 62
30. Integration Time : 16.1061 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :28

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
C05 : Servo problem.
C13 : Servo problem.

33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 23 Jun 2017 19:00:00 - 24 Jun 2017 04:05:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :28

37. Comments (During Observations) :
# GSB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C14 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=18
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C14 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=18
# BEAM-2:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C14 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=18
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C14 E02 E03 S01 S02 W01 W02 Total=18
19:27:26 : Started scan on 1626-298 for ~ 1.87905 min.
19:29:36 : Started scan on 1626-298 for ~ 1.87905 min.
19:32:34 : Started scan on J1600-3053 for ~ 56.6398 min.
20:31:24 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.61061 min.
20:33:14 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.61061 min.
20:36:47 : Started scan on J1643-1224 for ~ 51.808 min.
21:29:51 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.07374 min.
21:31:20 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 0.53687 min.
21:33:59 : Started scan on J1713+0747 for ~ 45.634 min.
22:21:33 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 2.41592 min.
22:24:16 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 0.268435 min.
22:26:12 : Started scan on B1855+09 for ~ 35.4334 min.
23:03:46 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.07374 min.
23:05:09 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 0.53687 min.
23:07:56 : Started scan on J1909-3744 for ~ 62.277 min.
00:13:08 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.61061 min.
00:15:04 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.34218 min.
00:22:03 : Started scan on B1937+21 for ~ 21.2064 min.
00:47:35 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.34218 min.
00:49:27 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 0.53687 min.
00:54:11 : Started scan on B1937+21 for ~ 12.0796 min.
01:10:43 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.61061 min.
01:14:56 : Started scan on J2124-3358 for ~ 42.1443 min.
01:59:40 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 2.95279 min.
02:02:54 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 1.07374 min.
02:07:37 : Started scan on J2145-0750 for ~ 40.8022 min.
02:52:10 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 2.41592 min.
02:54:55 : Started scan on 1822-096 for ~ 2.14748 min.
03:02:56 : Started scan on J2317+1439 for ~ 46.1709 min.
03:58:18 : Started scan on 3C48 for ~ 1.87905 min.
04:00     : Observation session over.
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