GTAC Observation Log 1. Date : 08/08/2017 2. Observation Sr. No. : 9652 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) : Shilpa 8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/32_035_8aug.cmd 9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/08aug/32_035_08aug2017.lta, /gwbifrdata1/08aug/32_035_08aug2017_gwb.lta 10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/32_035.FLAGS.26 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 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 : IA 22. Beam - 2 : OFF 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 : 2.0132 Sec 31. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the beginning :27 32. Name of Non-Working Antennas (with reason for each) : S01 : MCM-5 timeout. W03 : Low fringe. W04 : Maintenance. 33. Note for Backup : 34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 08 Aug 2017 16:45:00 - 08 Aug 2017 19:03:00 35. ONLINE Machine : Shivneri 36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :27 37. Comments (During Observations) : ------------GWB Setting---------------------------------------------------- GPU_MODE : Realtime GPU_LTA : 4 GPU_ACQ_BW : 200.0000 GPU_FINAL_BW : 200.0000 GPU_CHAN_MAX : 4096 GPU_CHAN_NUM : 0:4095:1 GPU_STOKES : Total_Intensity GPU_SIDEBAND : 1 1 GPU_RF4 : 500 500 GCODE4 : 32_035 GPU_BEAM_1 : OFF GPU_BEAM_2 : OFF GPU_BEAM_3 : IA GPU_BEAM_4 : IA GPU_BM_INT : 4 GPU_GAINEQ : ON GPU_TPA : From GWB GUI. GPU_BITS : 64 inputs. GPU_FILRFI : RFI Filterring OFF --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # GSB GAC configuration is as follows : # BEAM-1:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W05 W06 Total=27 # BEAM-1:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W05 W06 Total=27 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # 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 E04 E05 E06 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W05 W06 Total=27 # BEAM-3:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W05 W06 Total=27 # BEAM-4:130 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W05 W06 Total=27 # BEAM-4:175 :: C00 C01 C02 C03 C04 C05 C06 C08 C09 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 S02 S03 S04 S06 W01 W02 W05 W06 Total=27 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:45 : Started settings. 17:20 : Power equalized on 1154-350 @ 300 counts at GSB and 150 counts at GWB. 17:24 : '/odisk/gtac/cmd/jroy/32_035_8aug.cmd' command file started. 19:03 : Stopped command file and observing session over.