GTAC Observation Log

1. Date : 12/08/2017
2. Observation Sr. No. : 9662
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) : Nilesh, Surender
8. Command File : /odisk/gtac/cmd
9. LTA File : /gsbifrdata1/12aug/32_075_12aug2017.lta.1, /gsbifrdata1/12aug/32_075_12aug2017.lta
10. LogFlag File : /odisk/online1/logflags/32_075.FLAGS.23

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 : OFF
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 : 512
26. Channel Numbers : 0:511:1
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 :29

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

34. Start and End Time of Obs.(IST): 12 Aug 2017 18:00:00 - 12 Aug 2017 19:05:00

35. ONLINE Machine : Lenyadri

36. No of Antennas Working(Fringing) at the end :29

37. Comments (During Observations) :
18:00 : Started set-up.
18:13 : Power eq and phasing done on 1248-199.
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18:13 -18:25 : pulsar acq problem for beam1.
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18:25 : pulsar acq problem solved.
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18:25:39 : Started scan on 1248-199 for ~ 1.34218 min.
18:27:36 : Started scan on 1248-199 for ~ 2.14748 min.
18:30:07 : Started scan on 1248-199 for ~ 1.07374 min.
18:34:52 : Started scan on J1154-19 for ~ 15.0324 min.
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18:34:00 : Recording Lagged behind on node33 (IA data).
18:41:45 : Recording Lagged behind problem solved.
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18:53:33 : Started scan on J1400-14 for ~ 14.7639 min.
19:05:00 : Stopped command file and observing session over.