GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 30/06/2017
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9529
3. Observer : Joseph Karl Swiggum, Megan DeCesar, Kevin Stovall, David Kaplan, Ingrid Stairs, Scott M. Ransom, Mallory Roberts, Joeri vanLeeuwen, Yogesh Maan, Maura Ann McLaughlin, Jason WilliamThomas Hessels, Victoria Kaspi
4. Observer's Email : swiggumj@uwm.edu, megandecesar@gmail.com, stovall.kevin@gmail.com, kaplan@uwm.edu, stairs@astro.ubc.ca, sransom@nrao.edu, malloryr@gmail.com, leeuwen@astron.nl, maan@astron.nl, maura.mclaughlin@mail.wvu.edu, hessels@astron.nl, vkaspi@physics.mcgill.ca
5. Project Name : Localization and Timing of 34 Pulsars Discovered in the GBNCC Survey
6. Project Code : 32_075
7. Operator(s) : Surender
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/30jun/32_075_30jun2017.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/32_075.FLAGS.19

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 : IA
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) : 591 591 540 540 51 51
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) :
C03 : : MCM 5 time-out.
E03 : : Low fringe.
GSB : Pulsar Console network-connection problems.
33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 30 Jun 2017 20:00:00 - 30 Jun 2017 21:00:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
20:00 : Started set-up.
20:10 : GSB : Pulsar Console network-connection problem.
20:30 : GSB Pulsar Console problem solved for Beam 2.
20:35 : Started command file for beam2.
21:00 : Stopped command file and observing session over.