GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 23/07/2017
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9594
3. Observer : Bhaswati Bhattacharyya, Jayanta Roy, Ben Stappers, Michael Keith, Sally Cooper, Mateusz Malenta, Maura Ann McLaughlin, Paul Ray, Scott M. Ransom, Jayaram Narayanan Chengalur
4. Observer's Email : bhaswati.bhattacharyya78@gmail.com, jroy@ncra.tifr.res.in, Ben.Stappers@manchester.ac.uk, mkeith@pulsarastronomy.net, sally.cooper@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk, mateusz.malenta@student.manchester.ac.uk, maura.mclaughlin@mail.wvu.edu, paul.ray@nrl.navy.mil, sransom@nrao.edu, chengalur@ncra.tifr.res.in
5. Project Name : Regular timing of the pulsars discovered in the GMRT High Resolution Southern Sky (GHRSS) survey
6. Project Code : 32_035
7. Operator(s) : Nilesh
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/32_035_23july.cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata/23jul/32_035_23jul2017.lta, /gwbifrdata2/23jul/32_035_23jul2017_gwb.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/32_035.FLAGS.23

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 : 4+14 dB, 32 MHz,ON, IF-CH2 : 4+14 dB, 32 MHz,ON

GSB SETTINGS :

14. GSB Host : gsbm1
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 : 16.1061 Sec
31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :28

32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) :
S02 : Servo problem.
W03 : Strong RFI.
33. Note for Backup :

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 23 Jul 2017 00:05:00 - 23 Jul 2017 02:10:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

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

37. Comments (During Observations) :
00:05 : Started settings.

------------GWB Setting---------
GPU_MODE  	: Realtime
GPU_LTA  	: 4
GPU_ACQ_BW  	: 200.0000
GPU_FINAL_BW  	: 200.0000
GPU_EDGE_FRQ  	: 0
GPU_CHAN_MAX  	: 4096
GPU_CHAN_NUM  	: 0:4095:1
GPU_STOKES  	: Total_Intensity
GPU_SIDEBAND  	: 1 1
GPU_RF4  	: 500  500
GPU_DDCLO4  	: 0.0000  0.0000
GPU_SB4  	: 1 1
GCODE4  	: 32_035
GPU_CNTRL  	: ONLINE
GPU_FSTOP  	: ON
GPU_BEAM_1  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_2  	: OFF
GPU_BEAM_3  	: PA
GPU_BEAM_4  	: PA
GPU_BM_INT  	: 4
--------------------------------

# GSB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-1:130 :: C04 C05 C06 C08 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S03 W01 W02 Total=12
# BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S03 W01 W02 Total=20
# BEAM-2:130 :: C04 C05 C06 C08 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S03 W01 W02 Total=12
# BEAM-2:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S03 W01 W02 Total=20

# GWB GAC configuration is as follows : 
# BEAM-3:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S03 W01 W02 Total=20
# BEAM-3:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S03 W01 W02 Total=20
# BEAM-4:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S03 W01 W02 Total=20
# BEAM-4:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 S01 S03 W01 W02 Total=20

NOTE : in GSB No Fringe for 130 pol:(),()
00:10 : Started power eq @ 150 counts for GWB on 1830-360.
         and 300 counts for GSB on 1830-360.
00:20 : Started phasing.
00:28 : Started command file.
        /odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/32_035_23july.cmd 

02:05 : Stopped scan and command file, observation over.